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 227A8847 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2015 01:30:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.help.org (mail.help.org [70.90.2.18]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 956E01AC for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2015 01:30:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:30:43 -0400 References: <55D5AA8E.7070403@bitcoins.info> <55D67017.9000106@thinlink.com> <55D674C1.6000102@bitcoins.info> <20150821005820.GA27305@muck> From: Milly Bitcoin To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Message-ID: <55D67F3D.5060101@bitcoins.info> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:30:37 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20150821005820.GA27305@muck> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 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] Dynamically Controlled Bitcoin Block Size Max Cap 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: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 01:30:47 -0000 Yes, I am familiar with the process as i spent years doing it. Many here are familiar with the Bitcoin issues but they are not familiar with addressing risk in a systematic way. There are many good posts but they are dispersed among thousands of messages and the discussions are in a variety of contexts. As a result, the same things are often argued over and over and much time is wasted. Note that knowing a technical area and knowing a process to analyze metrics are two different things. I am glad you want to participate in such a process. Several developers on this list have mentioned the need for a decentralization metric so i think that is a good place to start. I suggest getting the other developers/experts together and send me the various into and tools you have and I will put it together into a useable format. The idea is to create a living document so people can discuss changes in a similar context. Russ On 8/20/2015 8:58 PM, Peter Todd wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 08:45:53PM -0400, Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > You know, I've noticed you've spent a tremendous amount of time and > energy on this list promoting these kinds of metrics; obviously you're > somewhat of an expert on this compared to the rest of us. > > Why don't you look into spearheading one of these analyses yourself to > show us how it's done?