Re: [apps-discuss] Proposal for a Finance Area Mailing List

Please, let me know if there's any news. I'm going to unsubscribe from
this list for now.

On 3/15/12, Jorge Timón <jtimonmv@gmail.com> wrote:
> Probably Ryan will be interested in participate too.
> I agree that the discussion would be better in a "neutral" forum, I
> was just suggesting forums to "join the people together" if it is
> necessary to start the new mailing list.
> If you want, I can start a thread in the bitcoin-dev mailing list to
> get more people interested in the protocol.
>
>
> On 3/15/12, Walter <walter.stanish@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for your support Jorge, and welcome to the effort :)
>>
>> With regards to forum location, I think the main difficulty with using
>> an established forum is that most people come from a certain community
>> with interest and experience that is generally more focused on certain
>> aspects of internet based financial exchange.
>>
>> For example, it would be unreasonable to expect people involved in
>> mobile operator billing to be familiar with mutual credit systems,
>> just as it would be unreasonable to expect people involved with high
>> frequency trading on stock exchanges to be familiar with credit card
>> settlement anti-fraud rule weightings.
>>
>> The establishment of a unique forum under the IETF provides the
>> capacity for different groups to come together - without being under
>> the banner of any particular one - to look at issues of
>> interoperability and leverage the skills, insight and experience of
>> other parties.  It also means that there's an established and proven
>> procedure for getting things done (eventually formalized),  resolving
>> questions of consensus fairly, etc.
>>
>> Anyway, Ripple brings a very unique and relevant perspective to
>> forward looking internet finance and I am really glad that you are
>> joining in. Looking forward to working together on the new list!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Walter Stanish
>> Payward, Inc.
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> Jorge Timón
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