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From: "Clément Elbaz" <clem.ds@gmail.com>
To: Tier Nolan <tier.nolan@gmail.com>
Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Draft BIP : fixed-schedule block size increase
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:18:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP63atYR7RdoAHWycNnx2DN9vuX9bKhDC9bLCMjTs7oFs4_u4A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAE-z3OX47uh6TDcfm7VO-venh5BTU_crVxvSZMVvMn5wBPg3uw@mail.gmail.com>

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The "only bigblock" patch you want is actually available here :
https://github.com/bitcoinxt/bitcoinxt/tree/only-bigblocks

Le lun. 17 août 2015 à 15:16, Tier Nolan via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> a écrit :

> One of the comments made by the mining pools is that they won't run XT
> because it is "experimental".
>
> Has there been any consideration to making available a version of XT with
> only the blocksize changes?
>
> The least "experimental" version would be one that makes the absolute
> minimum changes to core.
>
> The MAX_BLOCK_SIZE parameter could be overwritten whenever the longest tip
> changes.  This saves creating a new function.
>
> Without the consensus measuring code, the patch would be even easier.
> Satoshi's proposal was just a block height comparison (a year in advance).
>
> The state storing code is also another complication.  If the standard
> "counting" upgrade system was used, then no state would need to be stored
> in the database.
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:49 PM, odinn <odinn.cyberguerrilla@riseup.net>
> wrote:
>
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>> (My replies below)
>>
>> On 06/26/2015 06:47 AM, Tier Nolan wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Adam Back <adam@cypherspace.org
>> > <mailto:adam@cypherspace.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> > The hard-cap serves the purpose of a safety limit in case our
>> > understanding about the economics, incentives or game-theory is
>> > wrong worst case.
>> >
>> >
>> > True.
>>
>> Yep.
>>
>> >
>> > BIP 100 and 101 could be combined.  Would that increase consensus?
>>
>> Possibly ~ In my past message(s), I've suggested that Jeff's BIP 100
>> is a better alternative to Gavin's proposal(s), but that I didn't
>> think that this should be taken to mean that I am saying one thing is
>> "superior" to Gavin's work, rather, I emphasized that Gavin work with
>> Jeff and Adam.
>>
>> At least, at this stage the things are in a BIP process.
>>
>> If the BIP 100 and BIP 101 would be combined, what would that look
>> like on paper?
>>
>> >
>> > - Miner vote threshold reached - Wait notice period or until
>> > earliest start time - Block size default target set to 1 MB - Soft
>> > limit set to 1MB - Hard limit set to 8MB + double every 2 years -
>> > Miner vote to decide soft limit (lowest size ignoring bottom 20%
>> > but 1MB minimum)
>> >
>> > Block size updates could be aligned with the difficulty setting
>> > and based on the last 2016 blocks.
>> >
>> > Miners could leave the 1MB limit in place initially.  The vote is
>> > to get the option to increase the block size.
>> >
>> > Legacy clients would remain in the network until >80% of miners
>> > vote to raise the limit and a miner produces a >1MB block.
>> >
>> > If the growth rate over-estimates hardware improvements, the devs
>> > could add a limit into the core client.  If they give notice and
>> > enough users update, then miners would have to accept it.
>> >
>> > The block size becomes min(miner's vote, core devs).  Even if 4
>> > years notice is given, blocks would only be 4X optimal.
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing
>> > list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
>> > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
>> >
>>
>> - --
>> http://abis.io ~
>> "a protocol concept to enable decentralization
>> and expansion of a giving economy, and a new social good"
>> https://keybase.io/odinn
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-17 13:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-22 18:18 [bitcoin-dev] Draft BIP : fixed-schedule block size increase Gavin Andresen
2015-06-22 18:33 ` Tier Nolan
2015-06-22 18:46   ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-22 19:10 ` Martin Schwarz
2015-06-22 19:28   ` Tier Nolan
2015-06-22 19:54     ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-22 20:12       ` Peter Todd
2015-06-22 19:23 ` Peter Todd
2015-06-23  7:35   ` Ross Nicoll
2015-08-17 15:58     ` Jorge Timón
2015-06-23 19:16   ` Peter Todd
2015-06-22 20:27 ` Kalle Rosenbaum
2015-06-22 20:46   ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-22 20:51     ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-22 21:52 ` Mark Friedenbach
2015-06-23 19:28 ` Peter Todd
2015-06-23 20:12   ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-23 20:26     ` Pieter Wuille
2015-06-23 20:50       ` Peter Todd
2015-06-24  6:14         ` grarpamp
2015-06-23 20:46     ` Peter Todd
2015-06-23 21:24       ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-26 19:08         ` Peter Todd
2015-06-26 22:01           ` Ivan Brightly
2015-06-26 19:25         ` Peter Todd
2015-06-26 22:16           ` Simon Liu
2015-06-27  2:14             ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-06-23 20:55     ` Roy Badami
2015-06-24  1:43 ` odinn
2015-06-24  3:05   ` William Madden
2015-06-24  3:49     ` Jeff Garzik
2015-06-24 13:06       ` Will
2015-06-24 13:44         ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-25  0:32           ` Pindar Wong
2015-06-25 13:50       ` Gareth Williams
2015-06-25 14:07         ` Adam Back
2015-06-26 13:47           ` Tier Nolan
2015-06-26 15:13             ` Will
2015-06-26 17:39               ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-26 19:07                 ` Will
2015-07-01 22:49             ` odinn
2015-08-17 13:15               ` Tier Nolan
2015-08-17 13:18                 ` Clément Elbaz [this message]
2015-08-19  3:45                 ` odinn
2015-08-17 16:11             ` Jorge Timón
2015-06-26 21:07 ` Carsten Otto
2015-06-22 19:32 Jean-Paul Kogelman
2015-06-22 20:43 ` Tier Nolan
2015-06-22 20:54 ` Peter Todd
2015-06-22 21:04   ` Stephen Morse
2015-06-22 21:32     ` Ross Nicoll
2015-08-17 15:54       ` Jorge Timón
2015-06-22 21:21   ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-22 21:39     ` Patrick Strateman
2015-06-22 21:48     ` Tier Nolan
2015-06-23  7:59 Ross Nicoll
2015-06-24  4:31 Raystonn
2015-06-24 17:05 ` Mark Friedenbach
2015-06-24 17:24   ` Roy Badami
2015-06-24 17:23 Raystonn
2015-06-24 17:24 ` Allen Piscitello
2015-06-24 17:28 ` Roy Badami

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