From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VBVrC-0006yM-DC for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:15:18 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bluematt.me designates 173.246.101.161 as permitted sender) client-ip=173.246.101.161; envelope-from=bitcoin-list@bluematt.me; helo=mail.bluematt.me; Received: from vps.bluematt.me ([173.246.101.161] helo=mail.bluematt.me) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1VBVrB-0008OE-4i for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:15:18 +0000 Received: from mail42.bluematt.me (mail.bluematt.me [192.241.179.72]) by mail.bluematt.me (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEADF2ABE; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:15:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.232.233.14] (vps.bluematt.me [173.246.101.161]) by mail42.bluematt.me (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 15772486E6; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:15:09 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1376943308.27037.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: Matt Corallo To: Jeff Garzik Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:15:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -2.8 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Headers-End: 1VBVrB-0008OE-4i Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:15:18 -0000 ACK, I see no reason to leave broken things in that a) arent necessary and b) no one has the developer resources to fix. Matt On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 12:27 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Pull request https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2905 proposes to > remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Getwork > > On mainnet, almost everybody uses a pool (and therefore, not "getwork" > directly to bitcoind). Those few who solo mine use a pool server to > talk to bitcoind via "getblocktemplate" or other means. Tests show > that attempts to solo mine on mainnet via "getwork" lead to delays and > problems. > > On testnet, getwork has a better chance of continuing to work. > Nevertheless, the same tools (open source pool servers or p2pool) are > available for testnet, obviating the continued need to support > getwork. > > However, at one time, getwork to bitcoind was widely used. I wanted > to poke the audience, to gauge response to removing "getwork." If a > driving use case remains of which we're unaware, speak up, please. We > don't want to break anybody needlessly. >