By : ’s Chief Scientist finally made it onto the What Did podcast, after initially having his interview canceled amid pressure from Maximalists who don’t want to hear his opinions on .
bitcoin Unlimited Dev: Ignore Craig Wright and He’ll Go Away
Rizun discussed a range of issues, primarily Lightning. He also spoke to the problem of , who is currently . Rizun says the best way to deal with Craig Wright is to ignore him and he’ll go away. Continuing to discuss Wright’s exploits by publishing articles such as this one, he said, only feeds into the egotistical agenda.
“I think what we’re seeing right now is the death thralls from a person who is about to fade into obscurity. I think he wants people to pay attention and that’s why he’s doing these lawsuits. But I think the best strategy is just to ignore him and he’ll eventually go away.”
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Rizun further spoke of the fundamental differences between and what he calls . He explained his view of the fork, and pointed out that it doesn’t matter how the fork happens – a hard fork is a hard fork, and when it happens, it’s a new reality. That both chains have sustained enough hashpower to keep operating, with Core retaining the majority of the hash that was originally on the network, is evidence enough that both chains should exist.
McCormack said during the interview that he believes Cash should have gone with a different name, but that he views its existence as “useful.”
Problems With Lightning Network from Rizun’s Point of View
Rizun believes that Lightning Network will lead to a more centralized, painful user experience for users. He points out that several technical limitations with Lightning mean that people who want to use will ultimately have to trust others to do so. McCormack says that if his father were to use , he would prefer that he use something like . Rizun responds:
“I think there will always be a use-case for custodial wallets. But I would like to do is make using non-custodial as painless and safe as possible, so that people opt for them as opposed to custodial wallets whenever possible, and Lightning makes that hard where SPV wallets make that easier.”
Rizun admitted there are some legitimate criticisms as regards SPV wallets. An SPV (simplified payment verification) is also called a “light .”
“Lightning makes it more difficult to just be a user, to run a non-custodial Lightning node. It’s much harder to manage your own keys as a Lightning user than a traditional user with an SPV . For me, it’s more important to have users all across the world being able to easily run non-custodial wallets and use directly, than to have a smaller subset of people being able to cheaply run full validating nodes.”
Rizun’s comments, in general, do not address the growing chorus of former Unlimited developers who believe that Unlimited is in the process of being co-opted by SV supporters. At least three developers have left the project, including ABC lead developer . That Rizun views Wright and SV as essentially teetering on the edge of obscurity should be heartening to those who held those concerns.
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Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2019 22:26:24 +0000
