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

2013-11-06 Thread Frank F
The problem with academics is that they don't have to worry about the real world. They get paid to publish things, not to be helpful to society. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:33 PM, kjj wrote: > One of the things that really gets me going is when someone devises a > model, tests it against itself,

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind

2013-08-19 Thread Frank F
This sounds like an ideal compromise. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Frank F wrote: > > If there are technical problems with getwork, maybe they should be > addressed > > and fixed instead of outright abandoned.

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind

2013-08-19 Thread Frank F
Thank you for setting me straight. Please forgive my ignorance. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Pieter Wuille wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Frank F wrote: > > I strongly object to removing the only mechanism that allows anyone to > say > > that bitcoin is p2p, i

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind

2013-08-19 Thread Frank F
I strongly object to removing the only mechanism that allows anyone to say that bitcoin is p2p, in the truest sense of the word. Moves like this that favor only the pool operators and private mining interests are signs that bitcoin is headed towards a monopoly/cartel model, and that would be a trag

Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.1 plan

2013-03-16 Thread Frank F
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Alan Reiner wrote: > On 03/16/2013 09:13 PM, Gavin Andresen wrote: > > I chose May 15 arbitrarily; two months seems like a reasonable 'quick' > > amount of time to give people to upgrade/workaround. > > > > Maybe you should wait until after the Bitcoin Conference