Gavin Andresen - 2012-07-14 00:14:48

@s{quotedtext} @s{quotedtext} Sure-- I've always liked the BitTorrent/W3C model because it is less centralized (lots of different implementations of the protocol, as opposed to a project like Perl, where essentially everybody runs the same code).  I consider Satoshi's code the "reference" client, though, not "proof-of-concept", since there is no formal specification.

(I've written a formal specification, and I think having a working reference implementation is better than An Officially Blessed Pile of Paper).