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From: Hector Chu <hectorchu@gmail.com>
To: Jameson Lopp <jameson.lopp@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] A solution to increase the incentive of running a node
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:48:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAO2FKE44WqJOEaR2TYRwzAsPQxh7Z1K3esQiMFsSsk2+65-4w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADL_X_duSHosyMAfOXPv7WcWKTY19Q2i+_zFSuuGbGantbbmRw@mail.gmail.com>

On 19 August 2015 at 12:42, Jameson Lopp <jameson.lopp@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you can actually come up with a technical solution that allows for a node
> operator to prove to the rest of the network that they are running an honest
> full node that hosts the entire blockchain, then you can move forward with a
> direct monetary incentivization proposal. To my knowledge no one has been
> successful in that endeavor. To be more clear, your proposal would need to
> be able to differentiate between a full node and a pseudonode.
> https://github.com/basil00/PseudoNode

The proof is in the validation of transactions. How can a node
reliably validate transactions unless it has the past history of
transactions? Entire blockchain not required or necessary, but that's
a plus.


  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-19 11:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-19 11:15 [bitcoin-dev] A solution to increase the incentive of running a node Hector Chu
2015-08-19 11:42 ` Jameson Lopp
2015-08-19 11:48   ` Hector Chu [this message]
2015-08-19 12:08     ` Jameson Lopp
2015-08-19 12:15       ` Hector Chu
2015-08-19 12:44         ` Jameson Lopp
2015-08-19 12:51           ` Hector Chu
2015-08-21 20:50   ` Tamas Blummer
2015-08-21 21:12     ` Sergio Demian Lerner

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