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From: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:33:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANEZrP22PaduRgfNv6Cj=wV_3eCt42VTLhLmMWU9PQv_d4g0nA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJHLa0OF8bnrBhETbfMcL8gYTqHqP5zbVT8vZN1gbkGbymOQFQ@mail.gmail.com>

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That would be annoying for testing. Regtest mode allows you to create a new
block by just running "setgenerate true" (it switches itself off after
creating a block). If you had to set up a complicated set of separate
programs just to do regtest mode that'd be a step backwards, IMO.


On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Maciej Trebacz <maciej@bitalo.com> wrote:
> > Will removing "getwork" from the client impact the "setgenerate" RPC
> call?
> > I.e. would you still be able to generate coins on testnet-in-a-box this
> way,
> > or would you need a dedicated miner for that? testnet-in-a-box is very
> > useful for testing and easy to setup, it would be great if it stays that
> way
>
> Yes, that is currently being discussed in a separate pull request.  My
> pull request does not impact setgenerate, but an added proposal does
> remove the internal miner completely.
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-22 13:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.167053.1376954386.4583.bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
2013-08-21 21:24 ` [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind Ron
2013-08-21 21:39   ` rob.golding
2013-08-22  9:36     ` Maciej Trebacz
2013-08-22 13:18       ` Jeff Garzik
2013-08-22 13:33         ` Mike Hearn [this message]
2013-08-22 15:30           ` Wladimir
2013-08-19 20:22 Goss, Brian C., M.D.
2013-08-19 21:07 ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-08-19 22:49   ` Jorge Timón
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-08-19 16:27 Jeff Garzik
2013-08-19 20:09 ` Frank F
2013-08-19 20:13   ` Luke-Jr
2013-08-19 20:14   ` Pieter Wuille
2013-08-19 20:16     ` Frank F
2013-08-19 20:16   ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-08-19 20:18     ` Frank F
2013-08-19 20:23     ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-08-19 20:33       ` Warren Togami Jr.
2013-08-19 20:34         ` Jeff Garzik
2013-08-19 23:02           ` Andreas Schildbach
2013-08-19 23:30             ` Warren Togami Jr.
2013-08-19 20:15 ` Matt Corallo

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