From my post on Gitter: Once again, I want to clearly state th | Jared Tate

From my post on Gitter: Once again, I want to clearly state that an upstream merge from BTC v22 into our latest stable 7.17.3 is a massive undertaking, with lots of chances for things to go wrong. Which is why we started a new documented process to do this with many people. And have had great controbutions from @gto90 @ycagel @j50ng @SmartArray @digicontributer & others. So thank you all for being involved.
Things really are in a much better, more tested, more reviewed and better process now. Jo & Barry are and have always been free to be part of this effort. And are still welcome to contribute. The more hands on deck the better all this becomes.
People cannot get mad an volunteer, open source devs for not “finishing” ideas and code that have never been submitted as a Pull request for us to review for main code base. This is why we need to clear up all the misscommunication here in a polite, professional manner that is best for all of us and most importantly best for DigiByte in the end. All input is welcome here. And by achieving a group consenus everything is in a much stronger & better place.
Once we have a stable v8.22.0 feature branch, passing all tests (we are close) then we can see a flurry of PRs and fixes made to all known issues. And by all coming together as a team, combining, work expertise and ideas we will all make DGB the best its ever been togther. Jo, Barry and everyone else in here can help make that happen and a reality. The key is we do it all as a community, with complete transparency. Everyone wins.