Since this came up again during the discussion of the Cornell paper I thought I'd dig up my measurement code from the Information Propagation paper and automate it as much as possible.
The result is the Network Propagation page on bitcoinstats.com (http://bitcoinstats.com/network/propagation/). It takes a daily snapshot of the situation, then calculates the time until blocks and transactions reach a certain percentile of the nodes in the network. There is also a detailed page showing the density function describing at what times nodes learn about the existence of a block/transaction (for example yesterdays distribution: http://bitcoinstats.com/network/propagation/2013/11/23). I intend to add more information and plots over time, but I wanted to push this out quickly as there were some people asking for it. Hope this helps getting the blockchain fork rate down :-) Regards, Chris -- Christian Decker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
