Re: [Bitcoin-development] soft-fork block size increase(extensionblocks)

2015-06-17 Thread Raystonn .
Wow. That email was delayed by the list for quite some time. It was sent on 6/1. From: Raystonn . Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 12:02 PM To: Mike Hearn ; Adam Back Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] soft-fork block size increase(extensionblocks) I also need to argue

Re: [Bitcoin-development] The Bitcoin Node Market

2015-06-15 Thread Raystonn
Would SPV wallets have to pay to connect to the network too? The cost to compute and deliver the requested data will be pushed to the users of that node. This is the same way all costs, fees, and taxes of any business are always paid by its customers. The Bitcoin Network will not thrive in a

[Bitcoin-development] The Bitcoin Node Market

2015-06-15 Thread Raystonn .
to charge a fee. But this isn't very sustainable long-run. Market efficiencies should eventually mean nodes take in only what is required to keep the Network operational. Raystonn

Re: [Bitcoin-development] questions about bitcoin-XT code fork non-consensus hard-fork

2015-06-15 Thread Raystonn .
http://xtnodes.com/ From: Brian Hoffman Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 3:56 PM To: Faiz Khan Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] questions about bitcoin-XT code fork non-consensus hard-fork Who is actually planning to move to Bitcoin-XT if this happens? Just Gavin and Mike?

Re: [Bitcoin-development] New attack identified and potential solution described: Dropped-transaction spam attack against the block size limit

2015-06-09 Thread Raystonn .
That does sound good on the surface, but how do we enforce #1 and #2? They seem to be unenforceable, as a miner can adjust the size of the memory pool in his local source. From: Gavin Andresen Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 6:36 AM To: Loi Luu Cc: Raystonn . ; Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re

Re: [Bitcoin-development] New attack identified and potential solution described: Dropped-transaction spam attack against the blocksize limit

2015-06-08 Thread Raystonn .
with a large short position in BTCUSD. -Original Message- From: Peter Todd Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 3:18 PM To: Raystonn . Cc: Patrick Mccorry (PGR) ; Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] New attack identified and potential solution described: Dropped-transaction spam attack against

Re: [Bitcoin-development] New attack identified and potential solution described: Dropped-transaction spam attack against the blocksize limit

2015-06-08 Thread Raystonn .
Not forgetting, simply deferring discussion on that. We’ve a much smaller limit to deal with right now. But even that limit would have to go to remove this attack. From: Btc Drak Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 3:07 PM To: Raystonn . Cc: Peter Todd ; Bitcoin Dev ; Patrick Mccorry (PGR) Subject

Re: [Bitcoin-development] New attack identified and potential solution described: Dropped-transaction spam attack against the blocksize limit

2015-06-08 Thread Raystonn .
antifragile response for the Bitcoin network. -Original Message- From: Peter Todd Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 2:33 PM To: Raystonn . Cc: Patrick Mccorry (PGR) ; Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] New attack identified and potential solution described: Dropped-transaction spam

Re: [Bitcoin-development] New attack identified and potential solution described: Dropped-transaction spam attack against the blocksize limit

2015-06-08 Thread Raystonn .
: Peter Todd Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 2:44 PM To: Raystonn . Cc: Patrick Mccorry (PGR) ; Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] New attack identified and potential solution described: Dropped-transaction spam attack against the blocksize limit On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 02:33:54PM -0700

[Bitcoin-development] We are filling most blocks right now - Let's change the max blocksize default

2015-06-01 Thread Raystonn .
We seem to be experiencing bursts of high transaction rate right now. https://blockchain.info/ shows nearly all blocks full. We should increase the default max block size to 1MB to give us more space where we see the 731MB blocks, as we don’t want to be limited by those who don’t bother to

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposed alternatives to the 20MB stepfunction

2015-05-29 Thread Raystonn .
Regarding Tier’s proposal: The lower security you mention for extended blocks would delay, possibly forever, the larger blocks maximum block size that we want for the entire network. That doesn’t sound like an optimal solution. Regarding consensus for larger maximum block size, what we are

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposed alternatives to the 20MB stepfunction

2015-05-28 Thread Raystonn .
I agree that developers should avoid imposing economic policy. It is dangerous for Bitcoin and the core developers themselves to become such a central point of attack for those wishing to disrupt Bitcoin. My opinion is these things are better left to a decentralized free market anyhow.

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Cost savings by using replace-by-fee, 30-90%

2015-05-26 Thread Raystonn
Trust, regulation, law, and the threat of force. Are you serious? On 26 May 2015 11:38 am, Allen Piscitello allen.piscite...@gmail.com wrote:What prevents you from writing a bad check using todays systems?On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Danny Thorpe danny.thorpe@gmail.com wrote:What prevents RBF

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A suggestion for reducing the size of the UTXO database

2015-05-09 Thread Raystonn
least the amount spent should be removed as a factor, or fees are unlikely to ever be paid by those who can afford them. We can reassess the role age plays later. One change at a time is better. On 9 May 2015 12:52 pm, Jim Phillips j...@ergophobia.org wrote:On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Raystonn

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A suggestion for reducing the size of the UTXO database

2015-05-09 Thread Raystonn
Lack of privacy is viral. We shouldn't encourage policy in most wallets that discourages privacy. It adversely affects privacy across the entire network. On 9 May 2015 12:17 pm, Jim Phillips j...@ergophobia.org wrote:On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Pieter Wuille pieter.wuille@gmail.com wrote:Its

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A suggestion for reducing the size of the UTXO database

2015-05-09 Thread Raystonn
...@ergophobia.org wrote:On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Raystonn raystonn@hotmail.com wrote:Lack of privacy is viral.  We shouldnt encourage policy in most wallets that discourages privacy.  It adversely affects privacy across the entire network.How about this as a happy medium default policy: Rather than

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Block Size Increase

2015-05-08 Thread Raystonn
-Raystonn On 8 May 2015 1:41 pm, Mark Friedenbach m...@friedenbach.org wrote: Transactions don't expire. But if the wallet is online, it can periodically choose to release an already created transaction with a higher fee. This requires replace-by-fee to be sufficiently deployed, however

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Block Size Increase

2015-05-08 Thread Raystonn
, as blocks fill it could make the problem worse. This feature means more transactions after all. So I would expect huge fee spikes, or a return to zombie transactions if fee caps are implemented by wallets. -Raystonn On 8 May 2015 1:55 pm, Mark Friedenbach m...@friedenbach.org wrote:The problems

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin-development Digest, Vol 48, Issue 41

2015-05-08 Thread Raystonn
Fail, Damian. Not even a half-good attempt. -Raystonn On 8 May 2015 3:15 pm, Damian Gomez dgomez1...@gmail.com wrote:On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Damian Gomez dgomez1092@gmail.com wrote:let me continue my conversation: as the development of this transactions would be indiscated as a ByteArray

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposed alternatives to the 20MB step function

2015-05-08 Thread Raystonn
It seems to me all this would do is encourage 0-transaction blocks, crippling the network. Individual blocks don't have a maximum block size, they have an actual block size. Rational miners would pick blocks to minimize difficulty, lowering the effective maximum block size as defined by the

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Block Size Increase

2015-05-08 Thread Raystonn .
to advertise to the network. Users set the priority in the wallet, and the wallet software translates it to a specific fee curve used in the series of expiring transactions. In this manner, transactions are never left hanging for days, and probably not even for hours. -Raystonn On 8 May 2015 1:17 pm