Yes, i spec'd out the UDP traversal of the P2P protocol. It seems reasonable especially for "inv" messages.
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Andy Alness <a...@coinbase.com> wrote: > Has there ever been serious discussion on extending the protocol to > support UDP transport? That would allow for NAT traversal and for many > more people to run effective nodes. I'm also curious if it could be > made improve block propagation time. > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Gmail <will.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Unlikely. I doubt any significant portion of miners in china will continue >> to mine on a china-specific chain, since it will certainly be outmined by >> non-Chinese miners, and will be orphaned eventually. >> >> More likely is that mining interests in china will make special arrangements >> to circumvent the GFwOC. >> >> Users who can't access the worldwide blockchain will notice horrendously >> slow confirmation times and other side effects. >> >>> On May 20, 2014, at 10:37, Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> >>> >>> Could a blockchain fork due to network split happen? >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE >> Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. >> Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform >> available >> Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs >> _______________________________________________ >> Bitcoin-development mailing list >> Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >> > > > > -- > Andy Alness > Software Engineer > Coinbase > San Francisco, CA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
