| 14 Aug 2018 |
 @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] Apparently, a successful content distribution system. | 13:36:01 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] Reminds me of the wave of "start up incubators" a few years back by people who didn't know jack shit except how to peddle buzz words | 13:42:14 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/jy-p] like developers who have never built a successful product charging ppl lots of money for classes | 15:43:28 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/jy-p] the old "perception of authority" racket | 15:43:55 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/bee] A positive thing is a bunch of their media articles argue for importance of governance and hard fork coordination. For someone familiar with Decred they really read like carefully preparing the reader for some big discovery, and that some of the next pieces should "-- uncover Decred. | 16:04:27 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/bee] A positive thing is a bunch of their media articles argue for importance of governance and hard fork coordination. For someone familiar with Decred they really read like carefully preparing the reader for some big discovery, and that some of the next pieces should uncover Decred. (edited) | 16:04:47 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/jy-p] it is amusing to see someone with a business model where they encourage projects to defer to experts on governance | 16:20:21 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/jy-p] when, imo, this pattern of "defer to experts" is precisely what has led to governance being a problem | 16:20:47 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/jy-p] the situation with nation state govts is particularly laughable - we all defer to politicians as experts, when the only thing most of them are experts at is accepting bribes to vote in favor of legislation they didn't write, didn't read and don't really care about | 16:22:10 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/jy-p] one solution: rebrand bribery as "lobbying" | 16:22:52 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/raedah] https://mobile.twitter.com/balajis/status/1028402467703218176 | 16:29:21 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/raedah] https://mobile.twitter.com/balajis/status/1028403409253068800 | 16:30:03 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/bee] Nomic inspired Tezos | 17:35:17 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/dezryth] Is Nomic still a WIP? | 18:34:07 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/bee] It was described in 1982 and had several implementations. I wouldn't call it WIP. | 19:15:27 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/bee] People even played it via email | 19:18:45 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/dezryth] Ah nice. I was making a joke about Tezos 😛 | 19:28:21 |
| 15 Aug 2018 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/snr01] Sounds a little like Calvinball :) | 03:03:05 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/joshuam] http://www.tonysheng.com/voting-governance | 03:10:09 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/joshuam] A very shallow article IMO - is the insinuation here that our governance is based solely on voting? | 03:12:27 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] So many of these authors with an axe to grind make little strawmen and make the whole on-chain/off-chain spectrum binary | 03:17:37 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] "Some aspects of governance may involve face to face conversations, therefore on-chain governance is a folly" | 03:19:08 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] This article isn't terrible, they don't actually make any outrageous claims afaict | 03:21:08 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] And I do think having every decision made by direct vote is a bad idea | 03:22:02 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holarchy | 03:22:37 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holarchy (edited) | 03:23:58 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] I think the relationship between Decred and contractor-companies is a great example | 03:25:45 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/joshuam] I don't disagree with the premise, but the examination of existing OCG protocols is so shallow | 03:28:06 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] >Rather than place the proposals and votes on-chain, consensus is built off-chain in forums and conversations. There are some forms of voting but they’re largely informal (like the non-binding vote to rescue funds from the Ethereum DAO hack). | 03:29:54 |
| @bridge:decred.org | [slack/solar] How does he think the proposals and votes come to be? Out of a black box? | 03:30:27 |
