[bitcoin-dev] Incentives to run full nodes, revisited

2015-10-05 Thread odinn via bitcoin-dev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Due to the previous post on this subject ( http://is.gd/x6g5q5 ) having fractured links please see the following, with working implementation (in BCN) shown at: http://abis.io This is intended to be implemented in different currencies, and so far h

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Incentives to run full nodes

2015-10-04 Thread odinn via bitcoin-dev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 (Note: Due to being very tired I have issued a correction to my post below so as to make sure I have not been misunderstood.) odinn via bitcoin-dev: > Hello, > > Some background on this > > > A very long while ago I posted to the bitcoin-dev

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Incentives to run full nodes

2015-10-03 Thread odinn via bitcoin-dev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hello, Some background on this A very long while ago I posted to the bitcoin-development mailing list some ABIS concepts having to do with microdonations: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2013-December/00 3791.html http

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Incentives to run full nodes

2015-08-18 Thread odinn via bitcoin-dev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Potentially relevant... "Incentivizing the running of full nodes" https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2014-June/006028 .html (However, the issue to which I referred here is now closed) View whole thread: https://lists.linuxfoun

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Incentives to run full nodes

2015-08-17 Thread Joseph Poon via bitcoin-dev
Hi Chris, I don't speak for Peter, but here's my opinion on the matter anyway. On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 05:44:56PM -0400, Chris Pacia via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Can you explain how the spv node fails against an attacker with a > non-trivial amount of hash power where a full node doesn't? To attack an

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Incentives to run full nodes

2015-08-17 Thread Chris Pacia via bitcoin-dev
On Aug 17, 2015 5:29 PM, "Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev" < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: >From the point of view of a > wallet, it's not very secure to use Hearn-style SPV mode, and volunteers > running full nodes doesn't help things. Sybil attacking the IP address > space is pretty ea

[bitcoin-dev] Incentives to run full nodes

2015-08-17 Thread Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 12:43:54PM -0500, Satoshi Nakamoto via bitcoin-dev wrote: > They use my old writings to make claims about what Bitcoin was supposed to > be. However I acknowledge that a lot has changed since that time, and new > knowledge has been gained that contradicts some of my earl