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From: Milly Bitcoin <milly@bitcoins.info>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] block-size tradeoffs & hypothetical alternatives (Re: Block size increase oppositionists: please clearly define what you need done to increase block size to a static 8MB, and help do it)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:29:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5592FC30.9090109@bitcoins.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5592F74E.80200@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org>

 >"Decentralization" is a popular buzzword these days, but how about 
stating the problem description in a way that is more precise and 
accurate? One of Bitcoin's differentiating properties is that it 
prevents double spending without using a trusted third party.

I have been researching how it can be defined and measured (at least up 
to a certain point).  Here is a paper on measuring decentralization of 
government functions: 
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/treisman/Papers/defin.pdf. 
Not exactly the same thing as being discussed here but the paper gives a 
framework of how decentralization metrics could be defined in a somewhat 
standard way.

Russ





  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-30 20:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-30 19:54 [bitcoin-dev] block-size tradeoffs & hypothetical alternatives (Re: Block size increase oppositionists: please clearly define what you need done to increase block size to a static 8MB, and help do it) Adam Back
2015-06-30 20:08 ` Justus Ranvier
2015-06-30 20:29   ` Milly Bitcoin [this message]
2015-06-30 22:55 ` Simon Liu
2015-06-30 22:56 ` Tom Harding

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