Re: [bitcoin-dev] Draft BIP : fixed-schedule block size increase

2015-06-26 Thread Milly Bitcoin
It is actually not odd at all that a formal process is dismissed out of hand. It is all about protecting turf and holding on to power. If there is a well defined process then that takes the power out of the hands of the people who have been running the show and making up the rules. In some

Re: [bitcoin-dev] The need for larger blocks

2015-06-26 Thread Eric Lombrozo
I’ve been pondering this whole scale issue considerably…and am left with the conclusion that blockchains are ultimately dispute resolution mechanisms. The vast majority of crypto negotiation will be taking place at levels lesser than global consensus in the future - global consensus is just far

Re: [bitcoin-dev] The need for larger blocks

2015-06-26 Thread Eric Lombrozo
I should add that a strategy of “let’s avoid fee pressure as much as possible. let’s avoid even thinking about how we’ll transition as much as possible.” strikes me as at least a tad bit myopic. - Eric Lombrozo On Jun 26, 2015, at 7:18 PM, Eric Lombrozo elombr...@gmail.com wrote: I’ve been

Re: [bitcoin-dev] [RFC] IBLT block testing implementation

2015-06-26 Thread Rusty Russell
Kalle Rosenbaum ka...@rosenbaum.se writes: 2015-06-23 7:53 GMT+02:00 Rusty Russell ru...@rustcorp.com.au: Hi all, I've come up with a model for using IBLT to communicate blocks between peers. The gory details can be found on github: it's a standalone C++ app for testing not