Re: Fwd: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

2017-12-31 Thread \0xDynamite
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Re: Fwd: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

2017-12-30 Thread \0xDynamite
There is a killer app though. On 12/31/17, jam...@echeque.com wrote: > On 12/31/2017 10:01 AM, Steven Schear wrote: >> I'm still hoping a new cryptocoin/fork implements a client-determined >> miner selection capability similar to what we suggested in that 2013 >> paper I've mentioned here. > > I

Re: Fwd: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

2017-12-30 Thread jamesd
On 12/31/2017 10:01 AM, Steven Schear wrote: I'm still hoping a new cryptocoin/fork implements a client-determined miner selection capability similar to what we suggested in that 2013 paper I've mentioned here. I cannot immediately find your link to your paper. Obviously, at full scale we are

Re: Fwd: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

2017-12-30 Thread Steven Schear
The ability for clients to create individualized miner blocklists could help diminish cartels and centralization The escheat could help prevent future "submarining" of coins thought lost or abandoned (and their economic impact) and re-cycle those coins. On Dec 30, 2017 4:01 PM, "Steven Schear" w

Re: Fwd: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

2017-12-30 Thread Steven Schear
I'm still hoping a new cryptocoin/fork implements a client-determined miner selection capability similar to what we suggested in that 2013 paper I've mentioned here. Heartening, Garzik & Company's decision their upcoming Bitcoin United fork appears to implement some form of our suggested block esch

Fwd: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

2017-12-30 Thread John Newman
Begin forwarded message: > From: byfield > Date: December 29, 2017 at 12:05:02 PM EST > To: "Florian Cramer" , "Morlock Elloi" > > Cc: nettim...@mx.kein.org > Subject: Re: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for > blockchain > > On 29 Dec 2017, at 10:01, Florian Cramer wrote: > >>>