Re: [bitcoin-dev] Fees and the block-finding process

2015-08-07 Thread Jim Phillips via bitcoin-dev
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > But perhaps there is some "use" for ultra-low-priority unreliable > transactions (... despite DoS attacks). > I can think of a variety of protocols that broadcast information and don

Re: [bitcoin-dev] A reason we can all agree on to increase block size

2015-08-02 Thread Jim Phillips via bitcoin-dev
ng China to the > net is actually the problem of the non-Chinese miners problem. Non Chinese > miners will experience higher orphan rate once Chinese miners cease to > build on top of blocks that are too large to sync in a timely fashion into > China. > > Adam > > On 2 Augus

Re: [bitcoin-dev] A reason we can all agree on to increase block size

2015-08-02 Thread Jim Phillips via bitcoin-dev
if you could share your views w.r.t. colluding miner > attacks in draft 0.5.9. of Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja's 'Lightning > network' paper, found here:- > > http://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf > > Respectfully, > > p. > > > &g

[bitcoin-dev] A reason we can all agree on to increase block size

2015-08-02 Thread Jim Phillips via bitcoin-dev
China is a communist country. It is no secret that all "capitalist" enterprises are essentially State controlled, or at the very least are subject to nationalization should the State deem it necessary. Most ASIC chips are manufactured in China, so they are cheap and accessible to Chinese miners. El