From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug9XV-0003Hu-VB for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 25 May 2013 08:09:21 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.214.46 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.46; envelope-from=laanwj@gmail.com; helo=mail-bk0-f46.google.com; Received: from mail-bk0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Ug9XS-0004iF-6V for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 25 May 2013 08:09:21 +0000 Received: by mail-bk0-f46.google.com with SMTP id my13so2927063bkb.19 for ; Sat, 25 May 2013 01:09:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.205.26.200 with SMTP id rn8mr9636679bkb.97.1369469351765; Sat, 25 May 2013 01:09:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.205.36.71 with HTTP; Sat, 25 May 2013 01:09:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 10:09:11 +0200 Message-ID: From: Wladimir To: Zooko Wilcox-OHearn Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf301ee3e73e66fb04dd866e0a X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) 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 (laanwj[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -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: 1Ug9XS-0004iF-6V Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] (no subject) 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: Sat, 25 May 2013 08:09:22 -0000 --20cf301ee3e73e66fb04dd866e0a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Zooko Wilcox-OHearn < zooko@leastauthority.com> wrote: > jgarzik wrote: > > 1) Rule changes. We don't want these. > > In general? What constitutes a rule change? > I'm sure he means rule changes with economical impact, such as miner block reward, total number of bitcoins, block speed. Mostly non-interesting from a technical view point, but the only changes most altcoins seem to be making... In any case, these are set in stone and cannot ever be changed for bitcoin or all hell will break loose. See also https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardfork_Wishlist. Wladimir --20cf301ee3e73e66fb04dd866e0a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Zooko Wilcox-OHearn <= zooko@leastau= thority.com> wrote:
jgarzik wrote:
=C2=A0> 1) Rule changes. =C2=A0We don't want these.

In general? What constitutes a rule change?

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I'm sure he means rule changes with economical impact, such = as miner block reward, total number of bitcoins, block speed. Mostly non-in= teresting from a technical view point, but the only changes most altcoins s= eem to be making... In any case, these are set in stone and cannot ever be = changed for bitcoin or all hell will break loose.



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