From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7FD8C0051 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 19:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA1EF86B03 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 19:26:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9PxTyiai5Xge for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 19:26:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-wr1-f45.google.com (mail-wr1-f45.google.com [209.85.221.45]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 190FD86A23 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 19:26:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wr1-f45.google.com with SMTP id c18so7081658wrm.9 for ; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:26:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ib.tc; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Z6cu7yh0uYVPPab+n+AC4VFYbaFVwE9Jsn1BX943oZQ=; b=WKt0g5BkMtO8pnHgBnuXbIY00i89LsgT5+AXJxDlEf2rOLXpouhXUo/GEZ3FC/fRwI ZKdGvR9M1N+IQWqlkhR3PzKvIpT4GKOTTWd9B7LQRoPmiPBwp5ZG3oJQ7Ir6t6MlImom Jy0mvqRTs1WMN9D0yxbxT8HMTY7aml7l/DQlW9iH1BtFt42nm4FLwD2Dtf20youDNIAT tNGAAQjKwd+TDv+w5SW9dyvKZVbJEkK3+gYPNf/ebyyYo1Qi6NEnx69f66wvBA/xMYZT JIApS4uauEhNvgjFjoVlr/oVPf+UEKorP533VCMsxe+ATjA+O7O4BkwYVl+hTBLD3g8z ApVw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Z6cu7yh0uYVPPab+n+AC4VFYbaFVwE9Jsn1BX943oZQ=; b=p6ne1js1ndFSLf+O2B1Qi4O/iWuVKgS6AMr5Na9ZmSThGwlMvT24zVapeVa7RZw62x 8OU4ZP4wKe8LoPXR/Lg/9iKFCXvdT0VFIeqEKhJEuVPJRh0A3NLXmWqd75qupsu1oKRq C4FjcaqbJ9GfEiaW4MF+4SUpPspNfCCC+u7AtQVFu7Gc5nVzawK/Qy38Y0bXtABk+pU0 LifL9x/K/ILU0h7OP/ad1l1J2t9Tkrj6EzUPGxjT0r1BQWJktcBNrcQL1EIexlMpkwcS c6s3mhBsqkaDGZ5qGArDJWBDY2m4dKtEgGu2O1+276AOeVR7Mn362P++jP8bdigAQFNG ZocQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533gG20Rpe99yqwpXfunHURGOlr4J+No9PsU2abrBr7eoslGdb7U nCPjb4E3vO5g6rMmIRwp8HBMHpFnSHI7p8yPJMDBow== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw2Ub7Wgc7hk+jwOcz0GYOOwvX6iVzP2WY4yIHKnC+b+ppcSvLra94DrGJPIErAPcW/mdqNUCCklyt8WIdRV/E= X-Received: by 2002:adf:f5ce:: with SMTP id k14mr10381605wrp.286.1601580385583; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:26:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5RgK7X_rcpeMbdOdFxKiWkzg6dVcjD0uF_KI8Wt2w7WCBd7dB552EZuRqNQiBbgF4dGBcojwE9GzdWdJeCNmaAlYGYDMAyz6yzSl2QmLC98=@protonmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Mike Brooks Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 12:26:01 -0700 Message-ID: To: Larry Ruane Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f658d805b0a0fdfa" X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 20:40:16 +0000 Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion , Mike Brooks Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Floating-Point Nakamoto Consensus X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:26:31 -0000 --000000000000f658d805b0a0fdfa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hey Larry, Great project, and great youtube video. Expect a PR from me. ... If you actively ping nodes that are running a weaker block, you could inform them of the new block, there could be a mechanism to eradicate dissent. -Mike On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 9:43 AM Larry Ruane wrote: > Hello Mike and others, > > I just want to plug the open-source POW network mining simulator I > recently wrote: https://github.com/LarryRuane/minesim > > It simulates Bitcoin's existing POW (of course), but probably would be > easy to modify to correspond to variations such as the one being proposed > here. Sometimes simulating an algorithm can lead to insights beyond what's > possible using only abstract reasoning. > > Larry Ruane > --000000000000f658d805b0a0fdfa Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hey Larry,

Great project, and great you= tube video.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Expect a PR from me.=C2=A0

... If you actively=C2=A0ping nodes that are running a weaker block, you c= ould inform them of the new block, there could be a mechanism to eradicate= =C2=A0dissent.

-Mike

On Thu, O= ct 1, 2020 at 9:43 AM Larry Ruane <larryruane@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Mike and others,

I just want to plug the open-source POW network mining simulator I r= ecently wrote:=C2=A0https://github.com/LarryRuane/minesim

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It simulates Bitcoin's existing POW (of course), but probably woul= d be easy to modify to correspond to variations such as the one being propo= sed here. Sometimes simulating an algorithm can lead to insights beyond wha= t's possible using only abstract reasoning.

La= rry Ruane
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