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Mark Camper camper@nostrplebs.com 11 months ago
The most spicy question in the hardware wallet space 🙃 - Trezor was the first hw wallet, kept the code open source (FOSS) - Coinkite (Coldcard) reused parts of the code to ship their own products, kept the code open source (FOSS) - Foundation came in, took parts of Coldcard code, shipped their own products -> Coinkite didn't like it (market competition, and sense of fairness) -> Coinkite switched their licenses to source-viewable only. Not FOSS anymore (not permitting unrestricted use for commercial purposes by others) -> Lots of discussion about the tradeoffs for the future implications to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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Diyana 11 months ago
What are some of the main tradeoff for the future implications of the Bitcoin ecosystem? #asknostr
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The most spicy question in the hardware wallet space 🙃 - Trezor was the first hw wallet, kept the code open source (FOSS) - Coinkite (Coldcard) reused parts of the code to ship their own products, kept the code open source (FOSS) - Foundation came in, took parts of Coldcard code, shipped their own products -> Coinkite didn't like it (market competition, and sense of fairness) -> Coinkite switched their licenses to source-viewable only. Not FOSS anymore (not permitting unrestricted use for commercial purposes by others) -> Lots of discussion about the tradeoffs for the future implications to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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Foxfire Mushrooms 11 months ago
So this means that Coinkite is open source in the sense that everyone can see and audit the code, but just not use it themselves for commercial purposes? So it’s at least on par with FOSS in that regard?
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