On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 01:04:19AM +, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 6:17 AM, Dan Libby via bitcoin-dev
> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Up to now, I have purposefully been running bitcoin releases prior to
> > 0.13.1 as a way to avoid the (possible) segwit activation
The fastest way to triple Bitcoin capacity is to split the network into
two or three different blockchains. We encourage forks of software, why
are blockchains somehow different?
Yes, this is risky, and probably volatile.
I honestly don't expect lots of people with large amounts of money
investe
On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 09:30:26PM -0400, shaolinfry via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Some people have criticized BIP9's blocktime based thresholds arguing they
> are confusing (the first retarget after threshold). It is also vulnerable to
> miners fiddling with timestamps in a way that could prevent or
I would advise anyone worried about 'hard drive access' to order a
512GB NVME (pci-express interface) flash drive (or a laptop), and
I expect the performance will make you wonder why you ever bothered
with cloud.
My (very brief) analysis of the performance of a full chain download
on a new laptop
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 08:32:07AM -0500, Chris Stewart wrote:
> >I quite agree, and I would add that sometimes making yourself
> recognisable is far more important that merit.
>
> The intent of my original proposal allows you to reveal yourself *after*
> the BIP has been accepted if you so choose
On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 07:15:09PM +, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Saturday, March 18, 2017 3:23:16 PM Chris Stewart via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> > There is inconvenience added here. You need to make a new email address,
> > you need to make a new github account to submit the BIP.
>
>
On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:43:12PM +, muyuu via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> If this was in place I would contribute more and I wouldn't have to create
> throw-away accounts.
>
> This is not a space where you want to be a recognisable target.
>
> Today, BitFury's CEO threatened to sue developers if t
On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 04:16:20AM +1000, Matthew Roberts via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> In light of the recent hack: what does everyone think of the idea of
> creating a new address type that has a reversal key and settlement layer
> that can be used to revoke transactions?
I think many of us who think
