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From: Wendell <w@grabhive.com>
To: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] An "app store" and non-network transaction fees
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 14:09:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40424BD6-6EF1-454E-AA9F-6AF4C723A4BE@grabhive.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANEZrP3hrYZ5SYng=fknCqn_vg9gK4HTS7T-tdQNfc0MwZ5DtA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sep 5, 2013, at 12:14 PM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Wendell <w@grabhive.com> wrote:
>> Funny you should mention it! I just mocked this idea up last week, though I assumed a cruder system of "voting" to an address that corresponds to a feature -- literally, voting with your wallet (for your wallet, ad infinitum). I watched your talk about assurance contracts and other "hidden" features, but am not entirely sure that I understood it enough to know how it would work in this context. Sorry for the persistent hand-holding requests, but some advice would be very welcome.
> 
> Well, it's a bit complicated and needs some software development to do well. The best way to fund a complex project would be to raise the money using an assurance contr.... oh wait ;)

Well, let's assume that our "public good" is based on the 5-step model described here:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contracts#Example_3:_Assurance_contracts

This good corresponds to something like "Facebook contact synchronization" and has a target of 50 BTC, though we also want to be able to take more if people are willing to give it.

From here, it is unfortunately a little over our collective heads; we have as of yet no experience with the scripting language. I suppose I'm trying to twist your arm for an example, and maybe an anecdote. How would we do it? Does it require the donors to do anything esoteric? I saw "but they do not broadcast it" -- does this happen automatically when coins are sent to that address, for example?

Confused but enthusiastic,
-wendell

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-05 12:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-04 19:47 [Bitcoin-development] An "app store" and non-network transaction fees Wendell
2013-09-05  8:26 ` Mike Hearn
2013-09-05 10:04   ` Wendell
2013-09-05 10:14     ` Mike Hearn
2013-09-05 12:09       ` Wendell [this message]
2013-09-05 12:49         ` Mike Hearn
2013-10-18 11:56   ` Wendell

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