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 07AE8D40 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:23:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-oi0-f50.google.com (mail-oi0-f50.google.com [209.85.218.50]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61F9C14E for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:23:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by oixx17 with SMTP id x17so121638890oix.0 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 04:23:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=reply-to:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RyWGL0SXySQQ4d9RwJAzD1j++rBzNlvVQCNrw6/Wrlw=; b=GMZ1fheY9E7wSA2jPpEtu0O1DHKf1hz0KIZ+zuKswLVpcPgy6RnLBPFCfGNT+OEFEL lCUC9pyUWcRzjb7GhBwaBIdZNXkI9QgpNIbGUzA8KAKJq5Fp1eu0txWxqGJqhxvSQG6z V+VMeCyKw6hvZf5Ugfo8JkvOu+O13rzeOqIff8z84xzQGDtIUtAeuC/yRQB4SQoTUKZz vQucKOSHX6vdItcfEvB+fBMesYroYaTAs1+yNf3BQ6pgJn2DLDO2qNT9u7Go70m2Mwmq r/BXF1YH9yM1yrJkNk/W43jdoeoAeM3CQOR7gM2kxGSa203DltvfVEhAFA6FKhEkSnXC 90kg== X-Received: by 10.182.120.100 with SMTP id lb4mr22734538obb.71.1442402633714; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 04:23:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.2] ([206.255.86.207]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id m133sm10919620oif.8.2015.09.16.04.23.53 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 16 Sep 2015 04:23:53 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: moonpunter@gmail.com To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: From: phm X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <55F95148.5050504@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 06:23:52 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0 SeaMonkey/2.35 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW 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] Quick Bitcoin/Pre-Christmas modest blocksize max increase 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, 16 Sep 2015 11:23:55 -0000 Jason Livesay via bitcoin-dev wrote: > In order to keep the existing brand momentum, network, and business > investment,=20 These are precisely the issues that the Bitcoin Development team SHOULD NOT concern themselves with as they are not technical in nature. > I believe the smoothest path forward is to build a new, additional > system re-using the bitcoin name. I suggest this new system come > packaged with the bitcoin core client and be referred to as > QuickBitcoin or qbtc or something similar. As far as the public is > concerned it could simply continue to be called bitcoin. The system > will work on top of traditional bitcoins but have a mechanism for > more/faster transactions. Exactly what mechanism doesn't have to be > perfect, it just needs to be reasonably secure/useful and something > that the community will accept.=20 A few members of the development team have already begun doing something along these lines but its future does not look promising. I do not see any indication that this Christmas will be any more or less busy than last Christmas. Correct me if I'm wrong, but retail spending as a whole still makes up only a small percentage of Bitcoin transactions= =2E phm http://phm.link