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[192.3.11.21]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id 2adb3069b0e04-5b3055ef94csi164477e87.7.2026.08.09.12.35.57 for ; Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:35:57 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of luke@dashjr.org designates 192.3.11.21 as permitted sender) client-ip=192.3.11.21; Received: from [1.2.3.4] (redacted.redacted [1.2.3.4]) (Authenticated sender: mailrelay) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9E77738ABF61; Sun, 9 Aug 2026 19:35:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Hashcash: 1:23:260809:bitcoindev@googlegroups.com::shy0bcxsaWGBf/VO:kwKx X-Hashcash: 1:23:260809:murch@murch.one::wz/ksswQi5Urezm5:rzX9 Message-ID: <7f146572-8b49-4a73-9e03-3d9131226126@dashjr.org> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 15:35:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [bitcoindev] Motion to remove Luke Dashjr from BIP Editors To: bitcoindev@googlegroups.com, Murch References: Content-Language: en-US, en-GB From: Luke Dashjr In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed X-Original-Sender: luke@dashjr.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@dashjr.org header.s=zinan header.b=AJjxV8zb; spf=pass (google.com: domain of luke@dashjr.org designates 192.3.11.21 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=luke@dashjr.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=dashjr.org Precedence: list Mailing-list: list bitcoindev@googlegroups.com; contact bitcoindev+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 786775582512 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , X-Spam-Score: -0.8 (/) These are false accusations. I have followed the BIP process consistently for years. Your novice opinions alone do not establish new processes. You are the one who stopped communicating, not I. You are the one who should be removed. Luke On 8/9/26 14:29, Murch wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I recommend that Luke Dashjr be removed from the position of BIP Editor. > > Over the past several years, Luke has been at the center of many > contentious disputes within the Bitcoin ecosystem, and this week a new > forkcoin spun out of Bitcoin under his leadership. > > More specifically, Luke was heavily involved in the creation and > implementation of BIP110, the proposal that led to the fork. During > that process, he also exercised his authority as a BIP Editor > inconsistently with the established editorial process unfairly > favoring the proposal he was involved in. For example, he attempted to > assign a BIP number to the draft publicly on Twitter before the > proposal had been discussed on the mailing list, and he merged a PR > updating the BIP within minutes of the PR being opened. > > The latter is particularly notable given that Luke has otherwise made > hardly any contributions to the day-to-day work of the BIP Editors > since the additional editors began serving in April 2024: he left > fewer than 1% of the BIP Editor comments in the repository since then, > and the merge action of this PR was his first since May 2024. > > Communication between Luke and other BIP Editors had already broken > down last year, following a discussion about his attempt to side-step > the process by prematurely assigning a BIP number out of band. > > Taken together, I believe these circumstances raise serious concerns > about Luke continuing to hold editorial authority. In particular: > > - he has exercised his editorial privileges in a manner that raises > conflict-of-interest concerns; > - he has contributed little to the ongoing workload of the BIP Editors; > - his recent championing of a contentious soft fork that now appears > to evolve into a hard fork represents a complete departure from the > Bitcoin development ecosystem; and > - trust, communication, and coordination with the other BIP Editors > have broken down. > > For these reasons, I motion that Luke be removed as a BIP Editor. > > Murch > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bitcoin Development Mailing List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bitcoindev+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bitcoindev/7f146572-8b49-4a73-9e03-3d9131226126%40dashjr.org.