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-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3TdR-0003fJ-FC for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:24:57 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.212.177 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.177; envelope-from=mh.in.england@gmail.com; helo=mail-wi0-f177.google.com; Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com ([209.85.212.177]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Z3TdQ-00047I-FZ for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:24:57 +0000 Received: by wibdq8 with SMTP id dq8so24196216wib.1 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:24:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.9.161 with SMTP id a1mr28897979wjb.39.1434133490431; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:24:50 -0700 (PDT) Sender: mh.in.england@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.16.40 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:24:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:24:50 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: h3KWg-EKpCCdB46NdleJc1pQf10 Message-ID: From: Mike Hearn To: Pieter Wuille Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5d34fa41ff8a05185639ed 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: 1Z3TdQ-00047I-FZ Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Mining centralization pressure from non-uniform propagation speed 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: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:24:57 -0000 --047d7b5d34fa41ff8a05185639ed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > are only connected to each other through a slow 2 Mbit/s link. > That's very slow indeed. For comparison, plain old 3G connections routinely cruise around 7-8 Mbit/sec. So this simulation is assuming a speed dramatically worse than a mobile phone can get! --047d7b5d34fa41ff8a05185639ed Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
are only connect= ed to each other through a slow 2 Mbit/s link.
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That's very slow indeed. For comparison= , plain old 3G connections routinely cruise around 7-8 Mbit/sec.
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So this simulation is assuming a speed dramatically worse th= an a mobile phone can get!
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