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author | Mustafa Al-Bassam <mus@musalbas.com> | 2016-04-05 00:01:43 +0100 |
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committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2016-04-04 23:01:47 +0000 |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] AsicBoost
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The white paper can be found he= +re: +>> +>> http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Timo.Hanke/AsicBoostWhitepaperrev5.pdf= + +> What steps are you going to take to make sure that this improvement is +> available to all ASIC designers/mfgs on a equal opportunity basis? +> +> The fact that you've chosen to patent this improvement could be a +> centralization concern depending on the licensing model used. For examp= +le, one +> could imagine a licensing model that gave one manufacture exclusive rig= +hts. +> +> +> +> _______________________________________________ +> bitcoin-dev mailing list +> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org +> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev + + +--------------000700040601080603040709 +Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit + +<html> + <head> + <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" + http-equiv="Content-Type"> + </head> + <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> + Alternatively scenario: it will cause a sudden increase of Bitcoin + mines in countries where the algorithm is not patented, possibly + causing a geographical decentralization of miners from countries + that already have a lot of miners like China (if it is patented in + China).<br> + <br> + <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/04/16 10:00, Peter Todd via + bitcoin-dev wrote:<br> + </div> + <blockquote cite="mid:20160401090050.GA24677@savin.petertodd.org" + type="cite"> + <pre wrap="">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 09:41:40PM -0700, Timo Hanke via bitcoin-dev wrote: +</pre> + <blockquote type="cite"> + <pre wrap="">Hi. + +I'd like to announce a white paper that describes a very new and +significant algorithmic improvement to the Bitcoin mining process which has +never been discussed in public before. The white paper can be found here: + +<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Timo.Hanke/AsicBoostWhitepaperrev5.pdf">http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Timo.Hanke/AsicBoostWhitepaperrev5.pdf</a> +</pre> + </blockquote> + <pre wrap=""> +What steps are you going to take to make sure that this improvement is +available to all ASIC designers/mfgs on a equal opportunity basis? + +The fact that you've chosen to patent this improvement could be a +centralization concern depending on the licensing model used. For example, one +could imagine a licensing model that gave one manufacture exclusive rights. + +</pre> + <br> + <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> + <br> + <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________ +bitcoin-dev mailing list +<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a> +<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev</a> +</pre> + </blockquote> + <br> + </body> +</html> + +--------------000700040601080603040709-- + |