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From: Tao Effect <contact@taoeffect.com>
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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:15:59 -0500
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To: Ryan J Martin <rjmarti2@millersville.edu>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Some thoughts on removing timestamps in PoW
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Real quick (I've received some off-list replies and do plan to respond =
to those), want to be clear: this thread is not meant to be interpreted =
as a proposal to modify Bitcoin (it is not a BIP), it is just, exactly =
as the subject says, some thoughts I had that I hadn't seen expressed =
elsewhere, that I felt like sharing, in case they are at all =
useful/interesting to anyone.

Cheers,
Greg

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Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also =
sharing with the NSA.

> On Feb 19, 2018, at 12:10 AM, Ryan J Martin <rjmarti2@millersville.edu =
<mailto:rjmarti2@millersville.edu>> wrote:
>=20
> To be frank, this kind of thing would be better off attempted as a =
fork to a new coin. Changing the max number of coins, the block reward, =
the difficulty algo, mining policy and protocol is going to be a =
non-starter. Also, what are the proposed quantifiavle benefits from =
removing timestamps? How would this be done at the protocol level? Are =
these other changes related to removing timestamps/rationale for other =
supply changes?
>=20
> Regards,
> Ryan J. Martin
>=20


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class=3D"">Real quick (I've received some off-list replies and do plan =
to respond to those), want to be clear: this thread is not meant to be =
interpreted as a proposal to modify Bitcoin (it is not a BIP), it is =
just, exactly as the subject says, some thoughts I had that I hadn't =
seen expressed elsewhere, that I felt like sharing, in case they are at =
all useful/interesting to anyone.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div=
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class=3D"">On Feb 19, 2018, at 12:10 AM, Ryan J Martin &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rjmarti2@millersville.edu" =
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<div class=3D"">To be frank, this kind of thing would be better off =
attempted as a fork to a new coin. Changing the max number of coins, the =
block reward, the difficulty algo, mining policy and protocol is going =
to be a non-starter. Also, what are the proposed quantifiavle
 benefits from removing timestamps? How would this be done at the =
protocol level? Are these other changes related to removing =
timestamps/rationale for other supply changes?</div>
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<div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">Regards,</div>
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