From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WcxH7-0005fu-U5 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:31:45 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.214.181 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.181; envelope-from=mh.in.england@gmail.com; helo=mail-ob0-f181.google.com; Received: from mail-ob0-f181.google.com ([209.85.214.181]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WcxH6-0003TC-9w for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:31:45 +0000 Received: by mail-ob0-f181.google.com with SMTP id gq1so1023317obb.12 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 06:31:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.29.225 with SMTP id n1mr43067485obh.2.1398259898898; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 06:31:38 -0700 (PDT) Sender: mh.in.england@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.96.180 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 06:31:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201404231421.53349.andyparkins@gmail.com> References: <201404231239.20202.andyparkins@gmail.com> <201404231421.53349.andyparkins@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:31:38 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Fsv6b6NZBg9e0nd7zkLCtwFAlyA Message-ID: From: Mike Hearn To: Andy Parkins Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c2da9c93e0b304f7b5c019 X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) 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 (mh.in.england[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 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: 1WcxH6-0003TC-9w Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Coinbase reallocation to discourage Finney attacks 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: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:31:46 -0000 --001a11c2da9c93e0b304f7b5c019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > There _are_ consequences though: 95% of the time, you end up buying > something and paying for it. Yeah, I was imagining a situation in which people who use Bitcoin regularly do buy things they actually want, but wouldn't say no to occasionally getting them for free (think coffees at starbucks etc). So if their double spend fails, no big deal, they're no worse off than if they didn't try. --001a11c2da9c93e0b304f7b5c019 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
There _are_ consequences though:= 95% of the time, you end up buying
something and paying for it.

Yeah, I was im= agining a situation in which people who use Bitcoin regularly do buy things= they actually want, but wouldn't say no to occasionally getting them f= or free (think coffees at starbucks etc). So if their double spend fails, n= o big deal, they're no worse off than if they didn't try.=C2=A0
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