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author | Angel Leon <gubatron@gmail.com> | 2015-08-14 09:32:33 -0400 |
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committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2015-08-14 13:32:54 +0000 |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] Adjusted difficulty depending on relative blocksize
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(I apologize if i=E2=80=99m not using the correct term= +s, I=E2=80=99m not +> a real programmer, and I=E2=80=99ve only recently started to subscribe to= + the +> mailing list) +> +> +> In practice: +> +> 1. calculate average block size for the previous difficulty period (is it +> 2016-blocks?) +> 2. when trying to find a new block adjust the difficulty by adding the +> relative size difference. For instance, if i=E2=80=99m trying to create a= + block +> half (or double) the size of the average block size for the previous +> difficulty period then my difficulty will be 2x the normal one=E2=80=A6 i= +f I=E2=80=99m +> trying to make one that is 30% bigger (or smaller) then the difficulty is +> 1.3 times the normal one +> +> +> Right now this would force miners to make blocks as close to 1mb as +> possible (since the block reward >> fees). But unless I=E2=80=99m mistake= +n sometime +> in the future the block size should be adjusted to maximize the fees=E2= +=80=A6 +> +> +> Could the concept be useful somehow? +> +> I apologize if it=E2=80=99s been discussed before or if it=E2=80=99s a st= +upid idea, I +> would have run it by some other people, but I=E2=80=99m afraid I don=E2= +=80=99t know anyone +> that have any interest in bitcoin. +> +> Regards +> /jakob +> _______________________________________________ +> bitcoin-dev mailing list +> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org +> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev +> + +--001a113ed93a286e64051d457d8c +Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +<div dir=3D"ltr">Like this?<br><a href=3D"https://gist.github.com/gubatron/= +143e431ee01158f27db4">https://gist.github.com/gubatron/143e431ee01158f27db4= +</a><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class= +=3D"gmail_signature"><a href=3D"http://twitter.com/gubatron" target=3D"_bla= +nk">http://twitter.com/gubatron</a><br></div></div> +<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:59 AM, Jakob R=C3= +=B6nnb=C3=A4ck <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.li= +nuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org<= +/a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:= +0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Greetings,<br> +<br> +a thought occurred to me that I would love to hear what some bitcoin expert= +s think about.<br> +<br> +What if one were to adjust the difficulty (for individual blocks) depending= + on the relative size to the average block size of the previous difficulty = +period? (I apologize if i=E2=80=99m not using the correct terms, I=E2=80=99= +m not a real programmer, and I=E2=80=99ve only recently started to subscrib= +e to the mailing list)<br> +<br> +<br> +In practice:<br> +<br> +1. calculate average block size for the previous difficulty period (is it 2= +016-blocks?)<br> +2. when trying to find a new block adjust the difficulty by adding the rela= +tive size difference. For instance, if i=E2=80=99m trying to create a block= + half (or double) the size of the average block size for the previous diffi= +culty period then my difficulty will be 2x the normal one=E2=80=A6 if I=E2= +=80=99m trying to make one that is 30% bigger (or smaller) then the difficu= +lty is 1.3 times the normal one<br> +<br> +<br> +Right now this would force miners to make blocks as close to 1mb as possibl= +e (since the block reward >> fees). But unless I=E2=80=99m mistaken s= +ometime in the future the block size should be adjusted to maximize the fee= +s=E2=80=A6<br> +<br> +<br> +Could the concept be useful somehow?<br> +<br> +I apologize if it=E2=80=99s been discussed before or if it=E2=80=99s a stup= +id idea, I would have run it by some other people, but I=E2=80=99m afraid I= + don=E2=80=99t know anyone that have any interest in bitcoin.<br> +<br> +Regards<br> +/jakob<br> +_______________________________________________<br> +bitcoin-dev mailing list<br> +<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.= +linuxfoundation.org</a><br> +<a href=3D"https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev" = +rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mail= +man/listinfo/bitcoin-dev</a><br> +</blockquote></div><br></div> + +--001a113ed93a286e64051d457d8c-- + |