### VOTING is CLOSED for BUIPs 26,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57 & 60 ###

[solex]

Membership vote on BU Improvement Processes

Eleven BUIPs are open for voting for five days - ending June 3rd.

Votes can be cast in two ways for the reason that the new voting system is in beta:
a) using the new BU website voting system
b) replying to this thread as in previous voting events

Votes are for/against or abstain
Votes made on the website currently require a signature per BUIP and per new member proposal, and offers btc address signing only. The two will be summed together for the result.
Votes made in this thread can have one signature to refer to multiple BUIPs.

Articles of Federation BUIPs

BUIP049: Amend AoC to change membership period

BUIP050: Double yes with tie-break question

Development BUIPs

BUIP051: Add CompactBlocks support

BUIP053: Tweakable client DoS responses

BUIP054: Make AD optional and disabled by default

BUIP055: Increase the Block Size Limit at a Fixed Block Height

BUIP056: Increase the Block Size Limit triggered by a support threshold

BUIP057: Add BIP135 support (BIP9+)

Operational BUIPs

BUIP026: Bounties for Software Exploits

BUIP052: Set up dedicated Continuous Integration

Membership BUIP

BUIP060: New Members for Election #6

All listed for membership are considered together i.e. "BUIP048 FOR" or "BUIP048 AGAINST"
Exceptions may be identified by using list number and +/- to include or exclude e.g. -88 +99 or exclusions may be made by name e.g. "AGAINST ZZZ"

Abstentions can be recorded by "ABSTAIN ZZZ" or abstain and list number
BUIP060 is considered as counted last so new members may not vote on the other BUIPs concurrent with this.

Votes need to be signed.

Please get involved. Bitcoin Unlimited is the start of a new paradigm where the membership decides on the admission of new members and operational changes requiring expenditure of funds.

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VOTING IS OPEN for BUIP026 BUIP049 BUIP050 BUIP051 BUIP052 BUIP053 BUIP054 BUIP055 BUIP056 BUIP057 BUIP060
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[Peter R]

Guys, please try the voting system! It is important that we get used to using it and work out any bugs, even though it might require more effort for the first few vote sessions.
[doublepost=1496101549,1496100704][/doublepost]@awemany

I voted on BUIP055 and 052. Very simple and effective interface! I love it.

One note though: the links to check the vote status seemed to go dead shortly after I voted, and then came back to life later.

 

[awemany]

One note though: the links to check the vote status seemed to go dead shortly after I voted, and then came back to life later.

Yes, there is a mandatory cache of 10s for all content, to be better prepared in case of a DDOS. I thought this is a low-enough value to not be really noticeable, but you managed to hit it.

If this becomes annoying enough, we could also rate limit per-IP in the nginx in front of it or something. Maybe the attack-happiness of our detractors made me too conservative and leaning too far on the 'keep it up no matter what'-side of things.

Also note that the ProposalVoteResult and its related hash changes whenever a vote is being counted. And if you click the back button, you'll reach an outdated page.

 

[tim potter]

buip 026 yes
buip 056 yes
buip 055 yes!
buip 050 yes
buip 053 yes
buip 057 abstain
buip 052 yes
buip 054 no
buip 051 no
buip 060 no +@drwasho yes +@Ken Shishido

signature incoming

 

[torusJKL]

I have two question regarding the new voting system.

What is the meaning of spoil?

Can the action string be reduced to a shorter string or does it need to be signed as a whole?
I'm asking because with my Ledger Nano I'm limited to 140 characters and would need to use my air-gapped machine to sign larger messages. (or does someone know how to sign larger messages with a Ledger Nano?)

 

[Christoph Bergmann]

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## Begin Bitcoin signed message##



BUIP049: yes

BUIP050: yes

BUIP051: yes

BUIP053: yes

BUIP054: no

BUIP055: no

BUIP056: yes

BUIP057: yes

BUIP026: yes

BUIP052: yes

BUIP060: yes, all, welcome!



Explanation for "no"-votes:



BUIP054: I like AD since it gives users control. User who don't want to have this kind of control can use Classic. Instead of eliminating a valuable option we should fight the FUD against AD.



BUIP055: As I see it, this proposal is currently not needed, as Bitcoin seems to be on road to consensus with btc1. When this fails, we can reconsider BUIP055, which I like very much, but maybe combined with BUIP056 and BUIP057.



Members: Nice to see interesting new members joining our group! Welcome!



##End Bitcoin signed message##

Sig: IEDwt2TySOqdFoWHkaN0udNL0sDVpow1RyEYDvUI/ZCXc2hySti8Kgb0VMyO/nUomlTJNpiycSo7eUj8o5dLAs0=

 

[tim potter]

buip 026 yes
buip 056 yes counter proposal: 1000 block activation
buip 055 yes! counter proposal: 30 day activation
buip 050 yes
buip 053 yes
buip 057 abstain
buip 052 yes
buip 054 no
buip 051 no
buip 060 no +@drwasho yes +@Ken Shishido

signature: IIJT8hJk/SkqlYPJfCNxgZag1WLoZS86AFoY1N04ZacyFIZZDUWR4mw7JUggUflQh8CcdfsUZ1we0c+74LGmlzs=
address: 1LPTCsvUatVH4Z9UsScJHHZTPjpJRqepNm

 

[Mengerian]

OK, I am part way through voting using the new voting system. Overall, it's working well! We are turning into a real Decentralized Organization!

A couple comments: Is there some way to "batch" votes? For the member elections, I am cutting and pasting the "action string" for each applicant, then signing in my BU client. I also notice that I have to type in my own name repeatedly. It would be nice is there were some way to batch all the votes together, and sign only once, or at least somehow pre-populate the name field (for me)

Second, I voted on BUIP054, and I notice the "action string" doesn't seem to have a human-readable identification of what is being voted on. I think, for that to give people confidence that they are actually signing the correct proposal, there should be a human-readable identifier on the thing you are signing. (ie, how do I know the voting software isn't tricking me into signing my "accept" vote for something other than BUIP054?)

Overall, really good though!
[doublepost=1496264899][/doublepost]Another note, I misspelled my name once, and on another I put in an incorrect signature. Both times it rejected the vote as invalid, so that's good! I rejects incorrect votes properly.

 

[freetrader]

Wow, we have a long member list, and few members of those have voted 2 days in - we have not even reached quorum on several technical issues.

Please, take some time to review new members that want to assist the project, and ask questions if you have them on the technical proposals.

VOTE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY !

 

[solex]

@Mengerian
Yes, batching votes for one sig is planned as an early upgrade. Earlier, I did not expect to have so many BUIPs ready for vote, and was thinking of just a few for the first use of the voting system.

Thanks to all who are using the system and giving it a good workout!

@torusJKL
140 chars is probably not enough. You can proceed with a vote and get the action string and see whether the count is less before attempting to sign.

 

[satoshis_sockpuppet]

As an outside observer: Imho it would be nice to have the BUIP-file (pdf, txt..) prominently placed on the vote results page again. You can go back to see it or click through 2 or 3 pages to get there, but having the proposal and the current vote result on the same page would be better imho.

So far, it's nice to see BU voting in action with the visible presumable result (without having to count forum posts with 1 zillion different formattings ). And I like that there are some controversial proposals.

 

[Roy Badami]

Apologies for using the old voting system here, but I gather that I'd have to sign each vote separately, and I don't have time to do that right now. In addition, I believe I have to vote the old way anyway regarding the propspective members who haven't yet provided a BTC address. So old style vote follows:

BUIP049 FOR
BUIP050 FOR
BUIP051 FOR
BUIP053 ABSTAIN
BUIP054 FOR
BUIP055 FOR
BUIP056 FOR
BUIP057 AGAINST
BUIP026 FOR
BUIP052 FOR
BUIP060 @Joel Dalais FOR
BUIP060 @drwasho FOR
BUIP060 @Bryce Weiner AGAINST
BUIP060 @BldSwtTrs FOR
BUIP060 @Ken Shishido FOR
BUIP060 @guster AGAINST
BUIP060 @arruah AGAINST
BUIP060 @painlord2k FOR
BUIP060 @DeftNerd FOR
BUIP060 @Hyena FOR

IF8NsFR+ycRHAb8Qq3TNFBY10HmmRfoYZmmD/jfHbsOlT/NV4f1NhB01MGVNL5rDf1KTJI16ZCBtwjx9Qs7CPPg=

As always, with apologies to everyone whose application I didn't support. If I voted against your application, it's purely because you provided too little information and/or I couldn't find much substantive Bitcoin-related posting history older than the last few months based on the information you provided.

To anyone who doesn't get elected this time round, I encourage you to engage with the BU community on the forum and/or the slack and reapply next time.

roy

 

[Haiyang]

BUIP049: Yes

BUIP050: Yes

BUIP051: Yes

BUIP053: Yes

BUIP054: Yes

BUIP055: Yes

BUIP056: Yes

BUIP057: Yes


BUIP026: Yes

BUIP052: Yes

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VOTING IS OPEN for BUIP026 BUIP049 BUIP050 BUIP051 BUIP052 BUIP053 BUIP054 BUIP055 BUIP056 BUIP057 BUIP060
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[torusJKL]

I'm having problems signing with my current environment.
I need to setup a better one later today and will come back here to update the vote.

In the mean time here a condense (ledger nano friendly) message.
-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
51: yes, 53: yes, 54: abstain, 55: yes, 56: yes, 57: yes
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Edit:
I have voted for all the above BUIPs (and others) on the new voting system.

 

[VeritasSapere]

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

BUIP049: YES
BUIP050: YES
BUIP051: YES
BUIP053: ABSTAIN
BUIP054: ABSTAIN
BUIP055: YES
BUIP056: YES
BUIP057: ABSTAIN
BUIP026: YES
BUIP052: YES
BUIP060:

1. @Joel Dalais yes
2. @drwasho yes
3. @Bryce Weiner no
4. @BldSwtTrs yes
5. @Ken Shishido yes
6. @guster no
7. @arruah no
8. @painlord2k yes
9. @DeftNerd no
10. @Hyena yes

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNATURE-----

-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Address: 1PQ1BB819gxUbDZX3aReBXx4r7zGo67jXi

EDIT: The realization that extra security precautions placed my BU key on a disconnected hard drive, I will make sure to get it running on a node and sign this message before the deadline.

 

[solex]

Thanks to all who have voted! The window closes in about 18 hours from the time of this post.

 

[freetrader]

All my other BUIP votes could be conducted on the voting site, but for the membership votes here is my complete list (since not all applicants were listed on the voting site):

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Comment: Signed by Bitcoin Armory v0.93.2

BUIP060 @Joel Dalais FOR
BUIP060 @drwasho FOR
BUIP060 @Bryce Weiner ABSTAIN
BUIP060 @BldSwtTrs FOR
BUIP060 @Ken Shishido FOR
BUIP060 @guster FOR
BUIP060 @arruah FOR
BUIP060 @painlord2k FOR
BUIP060 @DeftNerd FOR
BUIP060 @Hyena FOR
-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNATURE-----


HEXWuk51Q0LfhpqLfXWpIFBzUHLa2Bs36SsjwLrpADFlPCp1awMmARTVMP/m/BGd
5DiKXPDbNbaO5vH2AvBPVfs=
=laoR
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[deadalnix]

BUIP049: YES
BUIP050: YES
BUIP051: YES
BUIP053: PASS
BUIP054: YES
BUIP055: YES
BUIP056: NO (Note, miner can already do this if they wish via RPC, no need to bake this in the consensus layer).
BUIP057: YES
BUIP026: YES
BUIP052: NO

BUIP060:
@Joel Dalais NO
@drwasho YES
@Bryce Weiner PASS
@BldSwtTrs YES
@Ken Shishido YES
@guster PASS
@arruah PASS
@painlord2k YES
@DeftNerd YES
@Hyena YES
=======================
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[Norway]

Hi!

I want to change my vote on BUIP056 because I misunderstood it the first time, and the new voting system doesn't allow for changes to a vote.

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BUIP56: yes
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[dgenr8]

I had not supplied a bitcoin address (which for future refrence is 1BaKh3EaAjGoaP8BH9AZ4jG7VD3HaC3xoG). I signed using GPG:

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256

BUIP049: yes
BUIP050: yes
BUIP051: yes
BUIP053: yes
BUIP054: no (I think AD should merely not be advertised)
BUIP055: yes
BUIP056: no
BUIP057: yes
BUIP026: yes
BUIP052: yes
BUIP060:
@drwasho: yes
@painlord2k: yes
others: pass

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