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 0AC57BC7 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:45:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-ig0-f169.google.com (mail-ig0-f169.google.com [209.85.213.169]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4233817F for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igl9 with SMTP id 9so99789111igl.0 for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2015 08:45:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=4idl1jqSvJnr7HehADThtxOa8jYUO5XzwySCuNiUYZk=; b=qi4yu/7Vfj1g0L8DMjcVUxEj/ymVITi/htDLmd0Kes1hOHNSxtREeKo/PD6YscFVCv L4ssVWJfl5lIeVQEX/giczYHH5+4pnk9NFi7C9vFpLv+rl7Wa6LJLJU7XYFmpzBgLTNn YgDyR1hnlHXcoKLtYDVGiLK8HGMq96TxHbi1varlu5CYcDqNDWWCc05bdQY1YStlzIfG cmZ9MC+gJ0BzGTeO7z+xdImJPZIP1Ctfmx194Ff6sGMt29iQlHO6N17o+aYRV+veF28r Ejmbc2H3ebMhB8zWs2wvyB/rF2pIY3I6knmFfp0q5X5JA0diFysFhB43hfBteqQKk7IP GOuQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.30.134 with SMTP id s6mr13217080igh.36.1449593132650; Tue, 08 Dec 2015 08:45:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.66.132 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 08:45:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 10:45:32 -0600 Message-ID: From: Bryan Bishop To: Akiva Lichtner , Bryan Bishop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Scaling by Partitioning 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: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:45:35 -0000 On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Akiva Lichtner via bitcoin-dev wrote: > and miners would have to round-robin through partitions At first glance this proposal seems most similar to the sharding proposals: http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/sharding-the-blockchain/ https://github.com/vbuterin/scalability_paper/blob/master/scalability.pdf https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3u1m36/why_arent_we_as_a_community_talking_about/cxbamhn http://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1168.pdf (committee approach) > but clients would have to send more than one message in order to spend money Offloading work to the client for spends has in the past been a well-received concept, such as the linearized coin history idea. - Bryan http://heybryan.org/ 1 512 203 0507