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-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1X32BV-0006Ig-FN for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:01:45 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.212.170 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.170; envelope-from=andyparkins@gmail.com; helo=mail-wi0-f170.google.com; Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com ([209.85.212.170]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1X32BT-0001WQ-HY for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:01:45 +0000 Received: by mail-wi0-f170.google.com with SMTP id cc10so12108465wib.1 for ; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 05:01:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.19.65 with SMTP id c1mr57401995wie.16.1404475296487; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 05:01:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from momentum.localnet ([91.84.15.31]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id nf11sm44668803wic.9.2014.07.04.05.01.34 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 04 Jul 2014 05:01:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Andy Parkins To: Gregory Maxwell Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:01:33 +0100 Message-ID: <5408721.UFIVL0MiXs@momentum> User-Agent: KMail/4.12.4 (Linux/3.10-2-amd64; KDE/4.13.1; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <10566815.3CllqoMfON@momentum> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) 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 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (andyparkins[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1X32BT-0001WQ-HY Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] ASIC-proof mining 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: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:01:45 -0000 On Friday 04 July 2014 04:37:26 Gregory Maxwell wrote: [excellent explanation removed for brevity] > > Apologies in advance if this is a stupid idea. >=20 > No need to be sorry=E2=80=94 talking about these things is how people= learn. > While I don't think this idea is good, and I'm even skeptical about > fixed versions=E2=80=94 I promise you many other people were thinking= similar > or even less useful things and will find the discussion interesting. Thank you for the very thorough and courteous response. I'm sorry that= I=20 suggested something that had been thought of before (seems to be the ca= se on=20 every great idea I have for Bitcoin) and was not practical; but I'm gla= d to=20 have had your response which was certainly educational for me. Andy --=20 Dr Andy Parkins andyparkins@gmail.com