asciilifeform: punkman: they could at least vaguely describe their process/tools << and you'll believe?
asciilifeform: he can swear to his gods that he didn't make copies, but what kind of proof could possibly suffice as proof to a skeptic ?
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: 'the gears grind slowly but they grind infinitely fine.'
asciilifeform: physical coins << anyone who buys private keys, deserves to pay for the sin
asciilifeform will sign own code (cardano) with 'will die by this' seal. will not sign other folks' code, unless compensated to actually put in the time to play 'reverse underhanded c contest.' << not cheap
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: signing code << can be a hero for the motherland.
asciilifeform: jurov: i was not aware what various email clients do to text/plain <<<<< mircea_popescu << our thread last night.
asciilifeform: cazalla: little to gain, plenty to lose
asciilifeform: cazalla: same reason mircea_popescu won't post his neutered bitcoind source tree.
asciilifeform: cazalla: is there a genuine security reason for someone to refuse to disclose how they generate entropy << your crystal ball's answer is correct.
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: no-irc << story here. a good fraction of irc bots are malware c&c commanders. hosting firms hate them, they draw fire (from upstream isp)
asciilifeform will not be able to resist the temptation to build and test for free, but cannot promise to do this on a usably-frequent basis without compensation. is already doing rather many time-consuming things, not all of which bring in food.
asciilifeform willing to test for fee, but will not try to fight for contract against well-known aficionados
asciilifeform: live-fire test of -everything- is non-trivial, yes.
asciilifeform: that is, to judge patches, play devil's advocate, test resulting builds.
asciilifeform: the latter also has the duty of being 'sapper' and trying very much not to err.
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: original suggestion was a 'linus-style' scheme where we all sign & mail in patches, and one of us plays the part of 'Linus' and merges, signing the resulting trees
asciilifeform: traditionally, it is not unreasonable to demand that a patch not annihilate the buildability of the overall turd.
asciilifeform: this is where 'we only hire aryans but won't say so' comes in very handy.
asciilifeform: some 'people' value the 'freedom' to lie about everything and misrepresent anything.
asciilifeform: that is, by public wankfest (opponents optional. no one contests - win)
asciilifeform: probably same as proof of inventor priority
asciilifeform wonders how the proof of authorship worked sans pgp
asciilifeform: (spoiler: in usa, anonymous is permitted to hold copyright, and can reveal himself and operate like ordinary copyright if he can prove authorship in some officially-recognized way)
