Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: death by halving

2014-10-28 Thread Ferdinando M. Ametrano
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > > As of now the cost per block is probably already about 100USD, probably > in > > the 50-150USD. > > This is wildly at odds with reality. I don't mean to insult, but > please understand that every post you make here consumes the time of

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: death by halving

2014-10-28 Thread Ferdinando M. Ametrano
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Thomas Zander wrote: > you didn't read the > archives where these ideas have been brought forward and discussed, a > consensus was reached. (it wasn't so basic afterall) > The fact that people don't want to repeat the discussion just for your > sake is > not the

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: death by halving

2014-10-28 Thread Ferdinando M. Ametrano
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Neil wrote: > Economically a halving is almost the same as a halving in price (as fees > take up more of the pie, less so). > > Coincidentally the price has halved since early July to mid-October, and > we've not even seen difficulty fall yet. > because mining pr

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: death by halving

2014-10-28 Thread Ferdinando M. Ametrano
> > In november 2008 bitcoin was a much younger ecosystem, > > Or very old, indeed, if you are using unsigned arithmetic. [...] > :-) I meant 2012, of course, but loved your wit > > and the halving happened during a quite stable positive price trend > > Hardly, > > > http://bitcoincharts.com/char

Re: [Bitcoin-development] death by halving

2014-10-28 Thread Ferdinando M. Ametrano
On Oct 25, 2014 9:19 PM, "Gavin Andresen" wrote: > We had a halving, and it was a non-event. > Is there some reason to believe next time will be different? In november 2008 bitcoin was a much younger ecosystem, with less liquidity and trading, smaller market cap, and the halving happened during a