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 019BD259 for ; Wed, 3 May 2017 22:03:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.bluematt.me (mail.bluematt.me [192.241.179.72]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85117155 for ; Wed, 3 May 2017 22:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [33.253.173.105] (unknown [172.56.19.65]) by mail.bluematt.me (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C88D413ABB7; Wed, 3 May 2017 22:03:44 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 22:03:43 +0000 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Gregory Maxwell , Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev , Erik Aronesty From: Matt Corallo Message-ID: 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 Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Full node "tip" function X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 22:03:47 -0000 If we ever have a problem getting blocks, we could consider adding somethin= g to pay to receive historical blocks but luckily that isn't a problem we h= ave today - the available connection slots and bandwidth on the network tod= ay appears to be more than sufficient to saturate nearly any fully-validati= ng node=2E On May 3, 2017 5:53:07 PM EDT, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev wrote: >On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Erik Aronesty via bitcoin-dev > wrote: >> CONS: > >The primary result would be paying people to sybil attack the network=2E >It's far cheaper to run one node behind thousands of IPs than it is to >run many nodes=2E > >Suggestions like this have come up many times before=2E >_______________________________________________ >bitcoin-dev mailing list >bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg >https://lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev