Skyler Byrden ⚡️BIP 110 ⚡️UASF

A breakdown of who funded key Bitcoin Core devs involved in the datacarriersize redefinition (PR #27832) and rejection of the anti-spam fix (PR #28408), which allowed inscription spam to persist. Supported Redefinition (PR #27832): • Marco Falke (maflcko): Authored PR. Funded by Okcoin, Paradigm, BitMEX, Spiral, MIT DCI, OpenSats. Past Chaincode Labs grants. Independent, tied to exchanges/VCs. • Anthony Towns (ajtowns): ACKed change. Funded by Paradigm, Coinbase, ex-Xapo. Works for Paradigm (crypto VC). • Greg Sanders (instagibbs): ACKed change. Funded by Spiral; ex-Blockstream (2016). Employed by Spiral (Block Inc.). • Michael Ford (fanquake): Merged PR. Funded by Gemini, Independent Reserve, Brink, Hardcore Fund. Independent, tied to exchanges/non-profits. Rejected Anti-Spam Fix (PR #28408): • Sjors Provoost (Sjors): Concept NACK. Funded by BitMEX, OpenSats, ex-Chaincode, DG Lab, Blockchain.info. Independent. • Peter Todd (petertodd): Concept NACK; worried about mempools. Funded by Hardcore Fund, ex-BTCC, Bitfinex, Chaincode. Works with Coinkite. • Antoine Poinsot (darosior): Concept NACK. Funded by Chaincode Labs. Engineer at Chaincode; co-founder of Wizardsardine (Bitcoin security). • michaelfolkson: Concept NACK. Self-funded; runs RiskBazaar (decentralized platform). Ex-PwC (non-crypto). • Pieter Wuille (sipa): Concept NACK; flagged feerate issues. Funded by Chaincode Labs; ex-Blockstream co-founder. Engineer at Chaincode. • Gloria Zhao (glozow): Concept NACK; cited node harm. Funded by Brink (via HRF, Spiral, Okcoin). Engineer at Brink. • Mark Erhardt (murchandamus): Concept NACK; said market handles spam. Funded by Chaincode Labs. Runs Localhost Research. • Anthony Towns (ajtowns): Approach NACK; wanted opt-in. (See above for funding/ties.) Closed Fix PR: • Andrew Chow (achow101): Closed PR #28408; cited controversy. Funded by Blockstream. Engineer at Blockstream.

SkylerByrden 3 months ago

A breakdown of key Bitcoin Core devs involved in the datacarriersize redefinition (PR #27832) and rejection of the anti-spam fix (PR #28408), which allowed inscription spam to persist. Devs Who Supported the Redefinition (ACKed or Merged PR #27832): • Marco Falke (maflcko): Authored the PR, focused on clarification without opposition. • Anthony Towns (ajtowns): ACKed the change, suggested dropping redundant options like -datacarrier. • Greg Sanders (instagibbs): ACKed the change. • Michael Ford (fanquake): Merged the PR. Devs Who Supported the Rejection of the Fix (NACKed or Opposed PR #28408): • Sjors Provoost (Sjors): Concept NACK. • Peter Todd (petertodd): Concept NACK; argued it would encourage private mempools and harm fee estimation. • Antoine Poinsot (darosior): Concept NACK. • douglaz: Concept NACK. • aviv57: Concept NACK. • eragmus: Concept NACK; argued inscriptions don’t significantly spam the UTXO set and filtering worsens out-of-band issues. • mmgen: Concept NACK. • alpeshvas: Concept NACK; called the discussion “noise.” • michaelfolkson: Concept NACK. • Pieter Wuille (sipa): Concept NACK; concerned about disrupting feerate estimation and compact block relay. • Gloria Zhao (glozow): Concept NACK; summarized arguments against, noting ineffectiveness and potential harm to nodes. • Mark Erhardt (murchandamus): Concept NACK; argued market forces handle spam and filtering reduces miner revenue. • 1440000bytes: Approach NACK. • Anthony Towns (ajtowns): Approach NACK; cited CI issues and opposed default changes, suggesting an opt-in instead. Devs Involved in Closing the Fix PR: • Andrew Chow (achow101): Closed PR #28408 as maintainer, citing controversy and lack of consensus; locked the conversation due to heat.