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> I still think it was Hal Finney Finney didn't mix British and American English the way Satoshi did in his writing. Finney was also an experienced and much b
by wp381640 5y ago
> I still think it was Hal Finney
Finney didn't mix British and American English the way Satoshi did in his writing.
Finney was also an experienced and much better developer[0] than Satoshi[1]
[0] https://github.com/halfinney/bitcoin/commit/dc411b51e0a3cffc4a599382ef0a9b92486f59d5 https://github.com/halfinney/bitcoin/commit/dc411b51e0a3cffc...
[1] https://github.com/Maguines/Bitcoin-v0.1/blob/master/bitcoin0.1/src/main.cpp https://github.com/Maguines/Bitcoin-v0.1/blob/master/bitcoin...
- derangedHorse 5y agoNothing in that PR showed he was a much better developer, he just implemented an optimization he found in a book. Contrary to the medium post, Satoshi's code was fairly clean for a first release. The omission of unit tests just shows the uncertainty Satoshi had about the project (why make tests for something that hasn't found adoption?).
- SiliconVallet 5y agoBecause TDD is dumb and actual hacking and development doesn't revolve around unit testing?
- dang 5y ago"Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html