From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1YzUTj-0005G3-KZ for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:30:27 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.212.180 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.180; envelope-from=mh.in.england@gmail.com; helo=mail-wi0-f180.google.com; Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com ([209.85.212.180]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1YzUTi-0001SN-LZ for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:30:27 +0000 Received: by wibut5 with SMTP id ut5so46571803wib.1 for ; Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:30:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.9.161 with SMTP id a1mr28825134wjb.39.1433183420620; Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:30:20 -0700 (PDT) Sender: mh.in.england@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.143.9 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 11:30:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 20:30:20 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: SsJFFwX0NGKslOwna4qS5L7-DTY Message-ID: From: Mike Hearn To: "Warren Togami Jr." Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5d34faaf2543051779045e 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: 1YzUTi-0001SN-LZ Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: Block Size Increase Requirements 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: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:30:27 -0000 --047d7b5d34faaf2543051779045e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I don't see this as an issue of sensitivity or not. Miners are businesses that sell a service to Bitcoin users - the service of ordering transactions chronologically. They aren't charities. If some miners can't provide the service Bitcoin users need any more, then OK, they should not/cannot mine. Lots of miners have come and gone since Bitcoin started as different technology generations came and went. That's just business. --047d7b5d34faaf2543051779045e Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I don't see this as an issue of sensitivity or not. Mi= ners are businesses that sell a service to Bitcoin users - the service of o= rdering transactions chronologically. They aren't charities.

If some miners can't provide the service Bitcoin users need an= y more, then OK, they should not/cannot mine. Lots of miners have come and = gone since Bitcoin started as different technology generations came and wen= t. That's just business.
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