[BTC-dev] The Bitcoin Foundation: STATE OF BITCOIN ADDRESS

[Shane Kinney]

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     [        Date: 2015.04.27                          ]
     [   Co-Chairs: mod6 [R.01] && ben_vulpes [R.02]    ]

0x00] Introduction

   It is with great honor and privilege that The Bitcoin Foundation embraces
   this opportunity to address the public on the state of current progress,
   obstacles and continuing steps in our mission.

   The highlight of April was meeting at the Third Annual MPEx Conference.

0x01] Accomplishments

0x02] Complications and Obstacles

    [ libnss & glibc: Static Linking Complications ]:

      asciilifeform [R.03] found the issue while try build the v0.5.3.1-RELEASE
      on two separate Gentoo Linux environments.  In attempt to support
      different configurations for DNS resolution without recompiling and
      without any interprocess communication, `libnss' is built as a binary
      plugin to `glibc', this making any true static compilation of `glibc'
      near-impossible.

0x03] Continuing Steps

    [ Gentoo Base System for buildroot ]:

      As we've encountered environments largely built by external parties
      tend to include libraries that make repeatable, deterministic builds
      of the Bitcoin Reference Implementation near-impossible.

      Our short-term objective going forward will be to build an environment
      with a very specific tool chain and libraries.  This will enable The
      Bitcoin Foundation to provide specific instructions on how to build the
      R.I. with an approved and tested tool-chain and libraries.

      mod6 has made some progress in this direction, but more work and
      documentation are required.

0x04] Conclusion

   The Bitcoin Foundation would like bestow our sincerest thanks and gratitude
   to the contributors and community for its support and insight.

[ References ]:
  [R.01]: 027A 8D7C 0FB8 A166 4372 0F40 7217 05A8 B71E ADAF
  [R.02]: 4F79 0794 2CA8 B89B 01E2 5A76 2AFA 1A9F D2D0 31DA
  [R.03]: 1721 5D11 8B72 3950 7FAF ED98 B982 28A0 01AB FFC7

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