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+> On Aug 3, 2015, at 1:52 AM, Hector Chu <hectorchu@gmail.com> wrote:
+>=20
+> On 3 August 2015 at 09:38, Eric Lombrozo <elombrozo@gmail.com =
+<mailto:elombrozo@gmail.com>> wrote:
+> We already have much more efficient, far more scalable systems that =
+allow this kind of cooperation you speak of without the inconveniences =
+of blockchains and such.
+>=20
+> There is a degree of difference between cooperation in day-to-day =
+usage of the system and cooperation in the rare cases the system has a =
+bug.
+>=20
+
+If it=E2=80=99s an as-of-yet unidentified issue that comes up, =
+yes=E2=80=A6obviously we can=E2=80=99t plan for everything and we=E2=80=99=
+ll make some mistakes. But here we=E2=80=99re talking about specific =
+well-known issues (or at least well-known today) for which several =
+people have proposed potential solutions. However, these things have =
+been all but ignored in the public discourse.
+
+> These incidents do, fortunately, present some of the better sides of =
+humanity=E2=80=A6but=E2=80=A6the design of the network *broke* - and for =
+reasons that are now well understood to be only worsened by larger =
+blocks. These incidents are *not supposed to happen* - and if they do, =
+it means we=E2=80=99ve botched something up and need to fix it. And by =
+fix it, I mean fix the protocol so that given our best understanding of =
+things in the present we can significantly reduce the potential for its =
+occurrence in the future.
+>=20
+> Distribution by consensus is inherently a fragile system. The network =
+will continue to break again and again as long as programmers are =
+fallible. But the types of bugs that occur will change over time as we =
+learn the best practices for maintaining the system.
+
+I agree. But again, once we=E2=80=99ve identified specific issues, it is =
+irresponsible to continue to pretend they don=E2=80=99t exist=E2=80=A6and =
+to more highly prioritize changes that can only make the problem worse.
+
+Again, for the record, I am not against ultimately allowing bigger =
+blocks. I think it would be a good thing to be able to do this=E2=80=A6and=
+ my main concerns are not around things like equipment costs or typical =
+household bandwidth. I just think security is a more important feature =
+than greater throughput and prioritize it thusly.
+
+
+> The correct incentives here were not due to people potentially losing =
+a lot of money. The incentives here were well-intentioned altruism. Some =
+miners lost money as a result of these actions=E2=80=A6and they didn=E2=80=
+=99t put up a fight. if you want to design a system around the =
+assumption that this is how all such incidents will be resolved, please =
+don=E2=80=99t spoil this for the rest of us.
+>=20
+> Altruism is a facade that hides other motivations. The party =
+cooperating with the miners losing money were doing so to maintain good =
+relationships with those miners and to make sure those miners stay =
+within the system and not attack it.
+
+I don=E2=80=99t disagree=E2=80=A6clearly even the miners that lost money =
+believed that consensus was more valuable to them than a few bitcoins. =
+However, it seems to be EXTREMELY dangerous to assume that it will =
+always work out this way. What=E2=80=99s to stop a mining majority from =
+deciding on-the-fly they want to keep a particular consensus rule that =
+benefits them even if the core developers disagree?
+
+>=20
+> - Eric
+>=20
+>> On Aug 3, 2015, at 1:31 AM, Hector Chu <hectorchu@gmail.com =
+<mailto:hectorchu@gmail.com>> wrote:
+>>=20
+>> What's wrong with a little cooperation to resolve things now and =
+then? Man is not an island unto himself, we compete with each other and =
+we cooperate with each other occasionally if it's mutually beneficial.
+>>=20
+>> You said yourself that a lot of money would have been lost if the two =
+hard forks cited weren't resolved - that's the correct incentives at =
+work again.
+>>=20
+>> On 3 August 2015 at 09:20, Eric Lombrozo <elombrozo@gmail.com =
+<mailto:elombrozo@gmail.com>> wrote:
+>> There have already been two notable incidents requiring manual =
+intervention and good-faith cooperation between core devs and mining =
+pool operators that would have either never gotten resolved alone or =
+would have ended up costing a lot of people a lot of money had no action =
+been taken (March 2013 and July 2015). They were both caused by =
+consensus disagreement that directly or indirectly were brought about by =
+bigger blocks. There is *strong* evidence=E2=80=A6and a great deal of =
+theory explaining it=E2=80=A6that links larger blocks with the =
+propensity for consensus forks that require manual intervention.
+>>=20
+>> Please, can we stop saying this is merely about decentralization and =
+trustlessness? The very model upon which the security of the system is =
+based *broke*=E2=80=A6as in, we were only able to recover because a few =
+individuals deliberately manipulated the consensus rules to fix it =
+manually. Shouldn=E2=80=99t we more highly prioritize fixing the issues =
+that can lead to these incidents than trying to increase throughput? =
+Increasing block size cannot possibly make these forking tendencies =
+better=E2=80=A6but it very well could make them worse.
+>>=20
+>> - Eric
+>>=20
+>>> On Aug 3, 2015, at 1:06 AM, Hector Chu via bitcoin-dev =
+<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org =
+<mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
+>>>=20
+>>> On 3 August 2015 at 08:53, Adam Back <adam@cypherspace.org =
+<mailto:adam@cypherspace.org>> wrote:
+>>> Again this should not be a political or business compromise model - =
+we
+>>> must focus on scientific evaluation, technical requirements and
+>>> security.
+>>>=20
+>>> I will assert that the block size is political because it affects =
+nearly all users to some degree and not all those users are technically =
+inclined or care to keep decentralisation in the current configuration =
+as you do. This debate has forgotten the current and future users of =
+Bitcoin. Most of them think the hit to node count in the short term =
+preferable to making it expensive and competitive to transact.
+>>>=20
+>>> We all need a little faith that the system will reorganise and =
+readjust after the move to big blocks in a way that still has a =
+reasonable degree of decentralisation and trustlessness. The incentives =
+of Bitcoin remain, so everyone's decentralised decision throughout the =
+system, from miners, merchants and users, will continue to act according =
+to those incentives.
+>>> _______________________________________________
+>>> bitcoin-dev mailing list
+>>> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org =
+<mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
+>>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev =
+<https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev>
+>>=20
+>>=20
+>=20
+>=20
+
+
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+<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
+charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
+-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
+class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
+class=3D"">On Aug 3, 2015, at 1:52 AM, Hector Chu &lt;<a =
+href=3D"mailto:hectorchu@gmail.com" class=3D"">hectorchu@gmail.com</a>&gt;=
+ wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
+dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div =
+class=3D"gmail_quote">On 3 August 2015 at 09:38, Eric Lombrozo <span =
+dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:elombrozo@gmail.com" =
+target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">elombrozo@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> =
+wrote:<br class=3D""><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
+0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
+style=3D"word-wrap:break-word" class=3D""><div class=3D"">We already =
+have much more efficient, far more scalable systems that allow this kind =
+of cooperation you speak of without the inconveniences of blockchains =
+and such.</div></div></blockquote><div class=3D""><br =
+class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">There is a degree of difference between =
+cooperation in day-to-day usage of the system and cooperation in the =
+rare cases the system has a bug.</div><div class=3D""><br =
+class=3D""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br =
+class=3D""></div><div>If it=E2=80=99s an as-of-yet unidentified issue =
+that comes up, yes=E2=80=A6obviously we can=E2=80=99t plan for =
+everything and we=E2=80=99ll make some mistakes. But here we=E2=80=99re =
+talking about specific well-known issues (or at least well-known today) =
+for which several people have proposed potential solutions. However, =
+these things have been all but ignored in the public discourse.</div><br =
+class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
+dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div =
+class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
+0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
+style=3D"word-wrap:break-word" class=3D""><div class=3D"">These =
+incidents do, fortunately, present some of the better sides of =
+humanity=E2=80=A6but=E2=80=A6the design of the network *broke* - and for =
+reasons that are now well understood to be only worsened by larger =
+blocks. These incidents are *not supposed to happen* - and if they do, =
+it means we=E2=80=99ve botched something up and need to fix it. And by =
+fix it, I mean fix the protocol so that given our best understanding of =
+things in the present we can significantly reduce the potential for its =
+occurrence in the future.</div></div></blockquote><div class=3D""><br =
+class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Distribution by consensus is inherently =
+a fragile system. The network will continue to break again and again as =
+long as programmers are fallible. But the types of bugs that occur will =
+change over time as we learn the best practices for maintaining the =
+system.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br =
+class=3D""></div>I agree. But again, once we=E2=80=99ve identified =
+specific issues, it is irresponsible to continue to pretend they don=E2=80=
+=99t exist=E2=80=A6and to more highly prioritize changes that can only =
+make the problem worse.</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>Again, for =
+the record, I am not against ultimately allowing bigger blocks. I think =
+it would be a good thing to be able to do this=E2=80=A6and my main =
+concerns are not around things like equipment costs or typical household =
+bandwidth. I just think security is a more important feature than =
+greater throughput and prioritize it thusly.<br class=3D""><div><br =
+class=3D""></div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
+dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div =
+class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
+0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
+style=3D"word-wrap:break-word" class=3D""><div class=3D"">The correct =
+incentives here were not due to people potentially losing a lot of =
+money. The incentives here were well-intentioned altruism. Some miners =
+lost money as a result of these actions=E2=80=A6and they didn=E2=80=99t =
+put up a fight. if you want to design a system around the assumption =
+that this is how all such incidents will be resolved, please don=E2=80=99t=
+ spoil this for the rest of us.<br =
+class=3D""></div></div></blockquote><div class=3D""><br =
+class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Altruism is a facade that hides other =
+motivations. The party cooperating with the miners losing money were =
+doing so to maintain good relationships with those miners and to make =
+sure those miners stay within the system and not attack =
+it.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=3D""></div>I =
+don=E2=80=99t disagree=E2=80=A6clearly even the miners that lost money =
+believed that consensus was more valuable to them than a few bitcoins. =
+However, it seems to be EXTREMELY dangerous to assume that it will =
+always work out this way. What=E2=80=99s to stop a mining majority from =
+deciding on-the-fly they want to keep a particular consensus rule that =
+benefits them even if the core developers disagree?</div><div><br =
+class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
+dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div =
+class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
+0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
+style=3D"word-wrap:break-word" class=3D""><div class=3D""></div><span =
+class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br =
+class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">- Eric</div></font></span><div =
+class=3D""><div class=3D"h5"><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div =
+class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Aug =
+3, 2015, at 1:31 AM, Hector Chu &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:hectorchu@gmail.com"=
+ target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">hectorchu@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
+wrote:</div><br class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
+class=3D"">What's wrong with a little cooperation to resolve things now =
+and then? Man is not an island unto himself, we compete with each other =
+and we cooperate with each other occasionally if it's mutually =
+beneficial.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">You said =
+yourself that a lot of money would have been lost if the two hard forks =
+cited weren't resolved - that's the correct incentives at work =
+again.</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br class=3D""><div =
+class=3D"gmail_quote">On 3 August 2015 at 09:20, Eric Lombrozo <span =
+dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:elombrozo@gmail.com" =
+target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">elombrozo@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> =
+wrote:<br class=3D""><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
+0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
+style=3D"word-wrap:break-word" class=3D"">There have already been two =
+notable incidents requiring manual intervention and good-faith =
+cooperation between core devs and mining pool operators that would have =
+either never gotten resolved alone or would have ended up costing a lot =
+of people a lot of money had no action been taken (March 2013 and July =
+2015). They were both caused by consensus disagreement that directly or =
+indirectly were brought about by bigger blocks. There is *strong* =
+evidence=E2=80=A6and a great deal of theory explaining it=E2=80=A6that =
+links larger blocks with the propensity for consensus forks that require =
+manual intervention.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
+class=3D"">Please, can we stop saying this is merely about =
+decentralization and trustlessness? The very model upon which the =
+security of the system is based *broke*=E2=80=A6as in, we were only able =
+to recover because a few individuals deliberately manipulated the =
+consensus rules to fix it manually. Shouldn=E2=80=99t we more highly =
+prioritize fixing the issues that can lead to these incidents than =
+trying to increase throughput? Increasing block size cannot possibly =
+make these forking tendencies better=E2=80=A6but it very well could make =
+them worse.</div><span class=3D""><font color=3D"#888888" class=3D""><div =
+class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">- =
+Eric</div></font></span><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div =
+class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
+class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Aug 3, 2015, at 1:06 AM, Hector Chu via =
+bitcoin-dev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" =
+target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt;=
+ wrote:</div><br class=3D""></div></div><div class=3D""><div =
+class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div =
+class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 3 August 2015 at =
+08:53, Adam Back <span dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">&lt;<a =
+href=3D"mailto:adam@cypherspace.org" target=3D"_blank" =
+class=3D"">adam@cypherspace.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br =
+class=3D""><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
+.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Again this should not =
+be a political or business compromise model - we<br class=3D"">
+must focus on scientific evaluation, technical requirements and<br =
+class=3D"">
+security.<br class=3D""></blockquote><div class=3D""><br =
+class=3D""></div>I will assert that the block size is political because =
+it affects nearly all users to some degree and not all those users are =
+technically inclined or care to keep decentralisation in the current =
+configuration as you do. This debate has forgotten the current and =
+future users of Bitcoin. Most of them think the hit to node count in the =
+short term preferable to making it expensive and competitive to =
+transact.</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br class=3D""></div><div =
+class=3D"gmail_quote">We all need a little faith that the system will =
+reorganise and readjust after the move to big blocks in a way that still =
+has a reasonable degree of decentralisation and trustlessness. The =
+incentives of Bitcoin remain, so everyone's decentralised decision =
+throughout the system, from miners, merchants and users, will continue =
+to act according to those incentives.</div></div></div></div></div><span =
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