On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Luke-Jr <l...@dashjr.org> wrote: > - Replace hard limits (like 1 MB maximum block size) with something that can > dynamically adapt with the times. Maybe based on difficulty so it can't be > gamed?
Too early for that. > - Adjust difficulty every block, without limits, based on a N-block sliding > window. I think this would solve the issue when the hashrate drops > overnight, but maybe also add a block time limit, or perhaps include the > "current block" in the difficulty calculation? The quantized scheme limits the amount of difficulty skew miners can create by lying about timestamps to about a half a percent. A rolling window with the same time constant would allow much more skew. > Replacing the "Satoshi" 64-bit integers with > "Satoshi" variable-size fractions (ie, infinite numerator + denominator) Increasing precision I would agree with but, sadly, causing people to need more than 64 bit would create a lot of bugs. infinite numerator + denominator is absolutely completely and totally batshit insane. For one, it has weird consequences that the same value can have redundant encodings. Most importantly, it suffers factor inflation: If you spend inputs 1/977 1/983 1/991 1/997 the smallest denominator you can use for the output 948892238557. Not to mention that the idiots writing financial software can only barely manage to not use radix-2 floating point on everything. Asking them to use arbitrary rational numbers with mixed radix will never fly. > - Remove the 100 confirmation requirement for spending generated coins. If > they are respent before 100 confirmations, clients can/should flag the new > outputs as also "generated" or "recently generated" so recipients are aware > of the risk. Please lets not make bitcoin _less_ trustworthy. The 100 block maturity on generated coins is good. The generation from an orphaning is lost forever like the losing side of a double spend, but far far worse... because orphaning happens all the time on its own without any malice. I agree it's obnoxious that you can't pad your generation payouts without creating more transactions, but I don't see a solution for that. Repeat the addresses... make up for it by increasing your payout threshold. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
