On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:20:22 PM Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Melvin Carvalho > > <melvincarva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 22 May 2013 16:07, Jeff Garzik <jgar...@exmulti.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Melvin Carvalho > >> > >> <melvincarva...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Some out of band algo/hash could work so long as there was a one to > >> > one relationship between the described object and the UUID. In this > >> > case the > >> > gensis block may not uniquely identify a coin. > >> > >> What does this mean? It seems extremely unlikely that two different > >> genesis blocks will have the same hash. > > > > Two coin ecosystems could have the same genesis block > > That has really, really bad side effects. The whole point of the > bitcoin consensus algorithm is to avoid situations like this. > > We don't want to encourage that behavior with code.
In some cases, multiple currencies can use the same blockchain (not just the singular genesis block). This use case *is* something we want to encourage - no reason for people to make an entirely new blockchain if their altcoin fits within the scope of Bitcoin or another existing altchain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
