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From: "David A. Harding" <dave@dtrt.org>
To: Eric Voskuil <eric@voskuil.org>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>,
	Billy Tetrud <billy.tetrud@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Braidpool: Proposal for a decentralised mining pool
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 21:54:30 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210906075430.hk44gaueu3njdkl3@ganymede> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F8F16054-78DF-4D06-BD73-F8EBE7D902A5@voskuil.org>

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On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 09:29:01AM +0200, Eric Voskuil wrote:
> It doesn’t centralize payment, which ultimately controls transaction selection (censorship).

Yeah, but if you get paid after each share via LN and you can switch
pools instantly, then the worst case with centralized pools is that 
you don't get paid for one share.  If the hasher sets their share
difficulty low enough, that shouldn't be a big deal.

I'm interested in whether braidpool offers any significant benefits over
an idealized version of centralized mining with independent transaction
selection.

-Dave

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-06  8:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-29  5:57 [bitcoin-dev] Braidpool: Proposal for a decentralised mining pool pool2win
2021-09-02  6:46 ` Billy Tetrud
2021-09-06  6:23   ` David A. Harding
2021-09-06  7:29     ` Eric Voskuil
2021-09-06  7:54       ` David A. Harding [this message]
2021-09-06  8:26         ` Eric Voskuil
2021-09-06  9:03           ` pool2win
2021-09-06 10:15 Prayank
2021-09-07 23:38 ` ZmnSCPxj
2021-09-08 10:03   ` pool2win
2021-09-10  9:30     ` Filippo Merli
2021-09-11  1:09       ` ZmnSCPxj
2021-09-11  7:54         ` Filippo Merli
2021-09-13  8:03           ` pool2win

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