[Bitcoin-ml] Can we decide on a roadmap now?

Gal Buki jkl at torus.ch
Mon Sep 4 14:10:48 UTC 2017


> The way that Bitcoin Core did things is far from ideal (for the market).
> And
> we saw it lead to the problems you describe above.
> But this was mostly because for over a year they ignored competitor's
> explaining the weaknesses in their solutions.

I agree with you. This is why I think a community roadmap is a good thing.
Core did not have a community roadmap. They had the Core roadmap which
they forced on the community.

> Deciding which solution is better is done by the market.

In the end yes.
But if the developers are united it will be easier to present a solution
to the market that is more likely to be accepted by a majority.

Similar to voting. You try to propose candidates that are likely to win in
order not to waste too much resources on hopeless cases.


> Practically we don't need a roadmap, we need people that jump in and
start  to do the things they care about.
> Please coordinate here, but coordination DOES NOT MEAN you need permission.

Isn't the roadmap the end result of coordinating between the teams?

> A Bitcoin-Cash wide roadmap is not one for developers. It is one where 
protocol-changes are planned.
> By individuals/teams, in cooperation with the wider ecosystem.

Yes, the teams should have an open ear for the wider ecosystem but I don't
understand why this shouldn't lead to a roadmap.

Maybe we are not using the same terminology?

--
Gal


On Mon, September 4, 2017 2:01 pm, Tom Zander via bitcoin-ml wrote:
> On Monday, 4 September 2017 13:40:29 CEST Gal Buki via bitcoin-ml wrote:
>> I think the opposite is true.
>
> I actually think that Erik had a very good point.
>
>> If everyone does his own thing and invests months/years, the investment
>> (financially and personal) might be too big to just back off and it will
>> lead to tension between the teams.
>
> The way that Bitcoin Core did things is far from ideal (for the market).
> And
> we saw it lead to the problems you describe above.
> But this was mostly because for over a year they ignored competitor's
> explaining the weaknesses in their solutions.
>
> Deciding which solution is better is done by the market.
>
> This is why I started this mailinglist, we need coordination and we need
> developers to talk about their favorite solutions. Because listening to
> your
> peers avoids disappointment.
>
> We can't avoid disgruntled developers, we can provide all the tools to
> make
> the mature ones succeed.
> --
> Tom Zander
> Blog: https://zander.github.io
> Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel
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