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From: Hector Chu <hectorchu@gmail.com>
To: Milly Bitcoin <milly@bitcoins.info>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin XT 0.11A
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:46:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAO2FKHQvfDbS=LW1epbFpUeqFPut8bL_w=Pjb1+BxLRoxagMQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55D5BAE1.4090101@bitcoins.info>

Security is provided via POW. If you want the chains to stop attacking
each other, change the POW algorithms.
Then it wouldn't matter if one chain was longer than another, each
fork would select the best chain according to their valid version of
POW algorithm.
If Bitcoin Core loses miner majority to XT this is probably what it
will have to do to maintain security of its chain.

On 20 August 2015 at 12:32, Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> The same with -XT, nobody should be able to affect the entire bitcoin
>> ecosystem regardless how many miners or bitcoin companies you can lobby.
>> If this is possible, then Bitcoin is not as secure as we thought.
>
>
> Bitcoin is only as secure as the developers, users, and miners allow it to
> be.  If you can get the majority of developers, users, and miners to do
> insecure things then Bitcoin will be insecure.
>
> Russ
>
>
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-20 11:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-15 22:39 [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin XT 0.11A muyuubyou
2015-08-16 18:37 ` Andrew LeCody
2015-08-16 23:02 ` Cameron Garnham
2015-08-16 23:22   ` Andrew LeCody
2015-08-17  0:03     ` Cameron Garnham
2015-08-17  6:42       ` Peter Todd
2015-08-17 12:29         ` Andrew LeCody
2015-08-17 12:33           ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-08-19 10:09             ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-19 15:41               ` s7r
2015-08-19 22:28                 ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-19 22:45                   ` Adam Back
2015-08-19 23:23                     ` Peter Todd
2015-08-20 10:25                   ` s7r
2015-08-20 11:32                     ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-20 11:46                       ` Hector Chu [this message]
2015-08-20 12:29                         ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-20 14:25                           ` Tamas Blummer
2015-08-17 21:42     ` Matt Corallo
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-08-16  2:08 muyuubyou
2015-08-15 17:02 Mike Hearn
2015-08-15 17:57 ` s7r
2015-08-15 18:38 ` s7r
2015-08-15 19:21   ` Mike Hearn
2015-08-15 20:36     ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-15 20:47       ` Bryan Bishop
2015-08-15 21:10         ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-15 20:55       ` Micha Bailey
2015-08-15 21:32 ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-08-15 22:01   ` Ken Friece
2015-08-15 22:16     ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-08-15 22:27       ` Angel Leon
2015-08-15 22:28       ` Ken Friece
2015-08-15 22:55         ` Mark Friedenbach
2015-08-15 23:04           ` Ken Friece
2015-08-15 23:07             ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-08-15 23:30               ` Michael Naber
2015-08-15 23:40               ` Mark Friedenbach
2015-08-15 23:57                 ` Ken Friece
2015-08-16  0:06                 ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-16 13:49   ` Mike Hearn
2015-08-16 15:44     ` Anthony Towns
2015-08-16 16:07     ` Tamas Blummer
2015-08-16 16:12       ` Levin Keller
2015-08-16 17:01       ` Adam Back
2015-08-16 18:15         ` Tamas Blummer
2015-08-16 20:27 ` Eric Voskuil

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