Re: [Mimblewimble] On block rewards

2017-10-02 Thread Ignotus Peverell
Hi all, I'm not really open to changing the reward schedule at this point, sorry. We can find a number of very valid arguments for a limited supply, as well as a number of very valid arguments for an infinite tail emission. Both set of arguments will be equally convincing. My current position

Re: [Mimblewimble] On block rewards

2017-10-02 Thread John Tromp
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Alessandro Viganò wrote: > Right now is important to design a good monetary policy but not a perfect > one. I believe it’s impossible to foresee what is coming in years. So some > flexibility is needed, and, in any case, the ultimate flexibility is called > forking

Re: [Mimblewimble] On block rewards

2017-10-02 Thread Tim Ruffing
On Mon, 2017-10-02 at 13:11 +0100, Yeastplume wrote: > Once MimbleWimble is proven and observed in the wild, then there will > be plenty of opportunity to experiment with different ideas via > multiple assets or forks implementing different rules etc. However, > for Grin at present I will argue for

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2017-10-02 Thread Olisedumbi Tamunodiepiriye Olise
Hello everyone, I agree with Yeastplume. The main focus for now should be getting the software out. The emission curve needs to be decided before that though. Every thing else can be put on a schedule and forks released for implementation. Olise Sent from Mail For OSX smime.p7s Description:

Re: [Mimblewimble] On block rewards

2017-10-02 Thread Yeastplume
Hi All, Just catching up with these discussions after the weekend; there have been a lot of interesting arguments put forward and even a couple of completely new viewpoints I hadn’t considered (viewing rewards as bonds,) all of which I think are valuable. I’m not going to add anything more in

Re: [Mimblewimble] On block rewards

2017-10-02 Thread Alessandro Viganò
Hi all, My first post as well but following Mimblewimble since Andrew Poelstra scaling bitcoin Milan 2016. I agree with Gold Goblin. Right now is important to design a good monetary policy but not a perfect one. I believe it’s impossible to foresee what is coming in years. So some flexibility is