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-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Xi5z6-00031p-JS for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:22:40 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.218.41 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.218.41; envelope-from=alex.mizrahi@gmail.com; helo=mail-oi0-f41.google.com; Received: from mail-oi0-f41.google.com ([209.85.218.41]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Xi5z5-0006MO-RJ for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:22:40 +0000 Received: by mail-oi0-f41.google.com with SMTP id u20so1735168oif.0 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:22:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.134.211 with SMTP id pm19mr1776114oeb.15.1414261354410; Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:22:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.168.142 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:22:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:22:34 +0300 Message-ID: From: Alex Mizrahi To: Bitcoin Dev Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b41ce22a63afd05064361e7 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 (alex.mizrahi[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: 1Xi5z5-0006MO-RJ Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] death by halving 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 Oct 2014 18:22:40 -0000 --047d7b41ce22a63afd05064361e7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > "Flag day" herd behavior like this is unlikely for well informed and > well prepared market participants. > It is simply rational to turn your mining device off until difficulty adjusts. Keeping mining for 2+ weeks when it costs you money is an altruistic behavior, we shouldn't rely on this. --047d7b41ce22a63afd05064361e7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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"Flag day" herd behavior like this is unlikely for well in= formed and
well prepared market participants.

It is simply rational to = turn your mining device off until difficulty adjusts.
Keeping mining for 2+ week= s when it costs you money is an altruistic behavior, we shouldn't rely = on this.=C2=A0
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