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From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
To: James MacWhyte <macwhyte@gmail.com>,
	Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Security problems with relying on transaction fees for security
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 18:26:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Ysyjl5+tYl+k3iHD@petertodd.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH+Axy6h5r5SqPz8u_Lsj8hm91rtui63k4a6pV1Cp_nONZ2S9A@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:19:06AM +0200, James MacWhyte via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> I think many of these discussions about the loss of the mining reward are
> fatally shortsighted.
> 
> It's always daytime somewhere--when you talk about volume dropping at
> night, that simply means there is not enough activity outside the US. If
> Bitcoin continues its rise in price, mining rewards will still be
> substantial for decades to come. Given another 10 years, I'm fairly
> confident there will be enough adoption worldwide to make mining profitable
> around the clock, even if the mining reward were minimal.

Earth's population is extremely uneven over the earths surface, and the pacific
ocean is enormous and sparsely populated:

https://earthsky.org/earth/99-percent-worlds-population-receive-sunlight/

Anyway, designing protocols for "price go up forever" hopium is a bad idea.

-- 
https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-07-11 22:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-11 18:12 [bitcoin-dev] Security problems with relying on transaction fees for security Bram Cohen
2022-07-11 18:38 ` micaroni
2022-07-11 18:43 ` Erik Aronesty
2022-07-11 19:45 ` vjudeu
2022-07-11 20:35 ` Russell O'Connor
2022-07-11 20:52   ` Erik Aronesty
2022-07-11 21:36   ` Peter Todd
2022-07-11 21:56     ` Peter Todd
2022-07-12  0:21       ` Russell O'Connor
2022-07-12  0:37         ` Peter Todd
2022-07-14  0:54         ` Anthony Towns
2022-07-11 21:18 ` Pox
2022-07-11 21:53 ` Peter Todd
2022-07-12  2:47   ` Bram Cohen
2022-07-11 22:19 ` James MacWhyte
2022-07-11 22:26   ` Peter Todd [this message]
2022-07-12  0:01     ` James MacWhyte
2022-07-12  0:31       ` Peter Todd
2022-07-13  0:38     ` Tom Harding
2022-07-13 12:18       ` Erik Aronesty
2022-07-11 23:29 ` Anthony Towns
2022-07-12  3:56 Peter
2022-07-12 11:57 ` Erik Aronesty
2022-07-12 15:08   ` Peter
2022-07-12 17:46   ` Ryan Grant
     [not found] <mailman.82083.1657699581.8511.bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
2022-07-13  9:43 ` John Tromp
2022-07-13 11:56   ` John Tromp
2022-07-13 12:11   ` Gino Pinuto
2022-07-13 13:29     ` Manuel Costa
2022-07-14  9:33       ` vjudeu
2022-07-14  9:57         ` Erik Aronesty
2022-07-14 11:42           ` Gino Pinuto
2022-07-14 16:01             ` Erik Aronesty
2022-07-14 16:27             ` Manuel Costa
2022-07-15  6:03               ` vjudeu

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