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		<title>Tristan Miller: Created page with &quot;&lt;pre&gt; From: Sancho Panza &lt;sanch0panza@protonmail.com&gt; Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,comp.protocols,comp.protocols.misc Subject: 1st RFD: comp.proto...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt; From: Sancho Panza &amp;lt;sanch0panza@protonmail.com&amp;gt; Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,comp.protocols,comp.protocols.misc Subject: 1st RFD: comp.proto...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
From: Sancho Panza &amp;lt;sanch0panza@protonmail.com&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,comp.protocols,comp.protocols.misc&lt;br /&gt;
Subject: 1st RFD: comp.protocols.bitcoin (create)&lt;br /&gt;
Followup-To: news.groups.proposals&lt;br /&gt;
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 13:17:34 EDT&lt;br /&gt;
Message-ID: &amp;lt;MPG.3352def6346be76989683@free.xsusenet.com&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                  REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)&lt;br /&gt;
             unmoderated group comp.protocols.bitcoin&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) for the creation of the&lt;br /&gt;
moderated newsgroup comp.protocols.bitcoin&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
NEWSGROUPS LINE:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
comp.protocols.bitcoin	The Bitcoin protocol&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
RATIONALE:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Satoshi Nakamoto&amp;#039;s invention, Bitcoin, consists of two main parts,&lt;br /&gt;
a global public ledger, and broadly speaking, a protocol for interacting&lt;br /&gt;
with the system for purposes of transacting or querying information.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Presently, there is no newsgroup that serves discussions on the further&lt;br /&gt;
evolution of the Bitcoin protocol.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With a newsgroup dedicated to all matters concerning the evolution of&lt;br /&gt;
the protocol, both experienced users and hobbyists alike will be able to&lt;br /&gt;
participate in discussions.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Outside of Usenet, a small number of moderated message boards and &lt;br /&gt;
mailing lists are devoted to Bitcoin discussions.&lt;br /&gt;
A number of these resources have been critized for exhibiting &lt;br /&gt;
overzealous moderation or even outright censorship.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An unmoderated newsgroup that will almost certainly be archived for&lt;br /&gt;
perpetuity will serve the needs of Bitcoin users, developers and&lt;br /&gt;
researchers for years to come by allowing free exchange of discussion,&lt;br /&gt;
advice, tips, and questions.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Message archives will ensure that in future, users will be able to draw&lt;br /&gt;
from this base of answers and insight, much like what is now possible&lt;br /&gt;
with other newsgroup archives from the late 80s and 90s.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
CHARTER:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The newsgroup comp.protocols.bitcoin is intended for all discussions&lt;br /&gt;
regarding the evolution of the Bitcoin protocol. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Discussions of other cryptocurrency protocols are welcomed in this&lt;br /&gt;
newsgroup provided they are for purposes of comparison or inspiration&lt;br /&gt;
to the Bitcoin protocol.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Discussions not related to the Bitcoin protocol are not welcomed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Posters to this newsgroup are asked to refrain from harrassment, &lt;br /&gt;
personal attacks, and disruptive communication. Articles containing&lt;br /&gt;
binary computer files including, but not limited to, programs or images,&lt;br /&gt;
are forbidden. HTML posts are discouraged.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Posters are expected to abide by normal Usenet standards of decorum,&lt;br /&gt;
and to ignore articles intended to disrupt the group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Posters should exercise their best judgment and use consideration for &lt;br /&gt;
the copyright laws of their country. If in doubt, ask.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
PROCEDURE:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For more information on the newsgroup creation process, please see:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  http://www.big-8.org/wiki/How_to_Create_a_New_Big-8_Newsgroup&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Those who wish to influence the development of this RFD and its final&lt;br /&gt;
resolution should subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in&lt;br /&gt;
the relevant threads in that newsgroup.  This is both a courtesy to &lt;br /&gt;
groups in which discussion of creating a new group is off-topic as well&lt;br /&gt;
as the best method of making sure that one&amp;#039;s comments or criticisms are &lt;br /&gt;
heard.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All discussion of active proposals should be posted to&lt;br /&gt;
news.groups.proposals&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to&lt;br /&gt;
news.groups.proposals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion&lt;br /&gt;
may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure &lt;br /&gt;
that all discussion appears in news.groups.proposals as well.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We urge those who would like to read or post in the proposed newsgroup &lt;br /&gt;
to make a comment to that effect in this thread; we ask proponents to &lt;br /&gt;
keep a list of such positive posts with the relevant message ID.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Such lists of positive feedback for the proposal may constitute good&lt;br /&gt;
evidence that the group will be well-used if it is created.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
DISTRIBUTION:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  news.announce.newgroups news.groups.proposals comp.protocols&lt;br /&gt;
  comp.protocols.misc&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
PROPONENT:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sancho Panza &amp;lt;sanch0panza@protonmail.com&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
CHANGE HISTORY:&lt;br /&gt;
2017-04-08  1st RFD.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Tristan Miller</name></author>
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