Re: [Bitcoin-development] we can all relax now

2013-11-08 Thread Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Nicholas Weaver is reporting that pools have already started delaying blocks, something that hints at Selfish Mining, since Nov. 3rd. https://medium.com/something-like-falling/d321a2ef9317 He dismisses other reasons for delayed block propagation. Any ideas on whether pools are already mucking aro

Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP0039 Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys

2013-09-10 Thread Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Excellent! On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:44 AM, slush wrote: > Hi all, > > we just finalized the draft and reference implementation of BIP39. Regards > to rules in BIP0001 we're asking for comments. > > The aim of the proposal is to standardize algorithm across various clients > and fix some design

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Android key rotation

2013-08-11 Thread Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Who would be the best person to interview who could explain this issue and workaround/resolution? I'd like to get an audio segment for the Let's Talk Bitcoin show ASAP, as this will be a big concern for many users who will not know what to do or be able to understand the problem. Any volunteers f

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: soft-fork to make anyone-can-spend outputs unspendable for 100 blocks

2013-06-06 Thread Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Is there any consideration given to the fact that bitcoin can operate as a platform for many other services, if it is able to be neutral to payload, as long as the fee is paid for the transaction size? Unless I have misunderstood this discussion, it seems to me that this is a bit like saying in 19

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: soft-fork to make anyone-can-spend outputs unspendable for 100 blocks

2013-06-06 Thread Andreas M. Antonopoulos
> This doesn't work like you might think: first of all, the fees today are > greatly subsidized - the actual cost to store data in the blockchain is > much > higher than most storage solutions. Secondly, only the miner receives the > fees, not the majority of nodes which have to bear the burden of