Re: [bitcoin-dev] Selfish Mining Prevention

2018-09-16 Thread Damian Williamson via bitcoin-dev
I see what you say, however, since the proposal as I have read it says "And this will keep happening as long as hashrate keeps rising," - what actually happens in the case hashrate stagnates or falls? I would prefer to see (not only with your proposal) greater bias toward hashrate being expone

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Selfish Mining Prevention

2018-09-16 Thread Eric Voskuil via bitcoin-dev
Hash rate cannot get “more uneconomical”. Mining will always seek a return equal to the cost of capital, as does all production, and the energy expended will always be fundamentally a function of the fee level and energy price. Fee level is determined by variable demand for a fixed supply of con