From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E7F34A0 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:19:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from pmx.vmail.no (pmx.vmail.no [193.75.16.11]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFAB1EA for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:19:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmx.vmail.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pmx.isp.as2116.net) with SMTP id 0B88761F56 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:19:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.bluecom.no (smtp.bluecom.no [193.75.75.28]) by pmx.vmail.no (pmx.isp.as2116.net) with ESMTP id D09836137C for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:19:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from coldstorage.localnet (unknown [81.191.185.32]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.bluecom.no (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C521F1F550 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:19:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Zander To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:18:59 +0200 Message-ID: <3320169.dB2Z2CsUel@coldstorage> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.1 (Linux/3.16.0-4-amd64; KDE/4.14.2; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <4F7FB1A0-E201-40F2-80BA-4C8D6ECC4DC4@gmail.com> References: <1B7F00D3-41AE-44BF-818D-EC4EF279DC11@gmail.com> <35B780B8-7282-4C98-9A0D-C7774028E277@gmail.com> <4F7FB1A0-E201-40F2-80BA-4C8D6ECC4DC4@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Why Satoshi's temporary anti-spam measure isn't temporary X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:19:03 -0000 On Tuesday 28. July 2015 19.40.21 Eric Lombrozo via bitcoin-dev wrote: > 1) A fee market never really got created, we don=E2=80=99t really kno= w how > transaction fees would work in practice. >=20 > The only way to see how fees would work in practice is to have scarci= ty. This skips over the question why you need a fees market. There really i= s no=20 reason that for the next 10 to 20 years there is a need for a fees mark= et to=20 incentive miners to mine. Planning that far ahead is doomed to failure= . --=20 Thomas Zander