I think implicit QoS is far simpler to implement, requires less parties and is closer to what Bitcoin started out as: a peer-to-peer digital cash system, not a peer-to-let-me-handle-that-for-you-to-peer system.
jp > On Jul 24, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Eric Lombrozo <[email protected]> wrote: > > By using third parties separate from individual miners that do bidding on > your behalf you get a mechanism that allows QoS guarantees and shifting the > complexity and risk from the wallet with little computational resources to a > service with abundance of them. Using timelocked contracts it’s possible to > enforce the guarantees. > > Negotiating directly with miners via smart contracts seems difficult at best. > > >> On Jul 23, 2015, at 6:03 PM, Jean-Paul Kogelman via bitcoin-dev >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Doesn't matter. >> >> It's not going to be perfect given the block time variance among other >> factors but it's far more workable than guessing whether or not your >> transaction is going to end up in a block at all. >> >> jp >> >> >>> On Jul 24, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Peter Todd <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA256 >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 23 July 2015 20:49:20 GMT-04:00, Jean-Paul Kogelman via bitcoin-dev >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> And it's obvious how a size cap would interfere with such a QoS scheme. >>>> Miners wouldn't be able to deliver the below guarantees if they have to >>>> start excluding transactions. >>> >>> As mining is a random, poisson process, obviously giving guarantees without >>> a majority of hashing power isn't possible. >>> >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> iQE9BAEBCAAnIBxQZXRlciBUb2RkIDxwZXRlQHBldGVydG9kZC5vcmc+BQJVsYyK >>> AAoJEMCF8hzn9Lnc47AH/28WlecQLb37CiJpcvXO9tC4zqYEodurtB9nBHTSJrug >>> VIEXZW53pSTdd3vv2qpGIlHxuYP8QmDSATztwQLuN6XWEszz7TO8MXBfLxKqZyGu >>> i83WqSGjMAfwqjl0xR1G7PJgt4+E+0vaAFZc98vLCgZnedbiXRVtTGjhofG1jjTc >>> DFMwMZHP0eqWTwtWwqUvnA7PTFHxdqoJruY/t1KceN+JDbBCJWMxBDswU64FXcVH >>> 0ecsk9nhLMyylBX/2v4HjCXyayocH8jQ+FpLSP0xxERyS+f1npFX9cxFMq24uXqn >>> PcnZfLfaSJ6gMbmhbYG5wYDKN3u732j7dLzSJnMW6jk= >>> =LY1+ >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> bitcoin-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
