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From: Nathan Cook <nathan.cook@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:41:47 +0300
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Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Multi-hash mining with Bitcoin holder voting
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Further to recent posts to this list concerning mining with more than one
hash function, Adam Perlow and me have a (longish) proposal/analysis on
combining multi-hash with bitcoin stake voting on what the mix of hashes
should be. Two novelties are:

* Targeting a ratio of blocks mined under each hash function, in a similar
way to difficulty targeting.
* Analysis of voting on this ratio in terms of "voting on a simplex", using
extant research to choose a good method of doing so.

One point about mining under multiple hashes is that it offers existing
miners a way back in after a contentious hard fork. Shame to waste all that
hardware=E2=80=A6

Read at
http://topynate.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/proportionateresponse.pdf
(archived at http://www.webcitation.org/6pEZLlZoW)
Nathan Cook

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Further to recent posts to this list concerning mining wit=
h more than one hash function, Adam Perlow and me have a (longish) proposal=
/analysis on combining multi-hash with bitcoin stake voting on what the mix=
 of hashes should be. Two novelties are:<div><br><div>* Targeting a ratio o=
f blocks mined under each hash function, in a similar way to difficulty tar=
geting.</div><div>* Analysis of voting on this ratio in terms of &quot;voti=
ng on a simplex&quot;, using extant research to choose a good method of doi=
ng so.</div><div><br></div><div>One point about mining under multiple hashe=
s is that it offers existing miners a way back in after a contentious hard =
fork. Shame to waste all that hardware<span style=3D"font-size:16px">=E2=80=
=A6</span></div><div><br></div><div>Read at=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://topynate=
.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/proportionateresponse.pdf">http://topynate.=
net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/proportionateresponse.pdf</a> (archived at=
=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.webcitation.org/6pEZLlZoW">http://www.webcitati=
on.org/6pEZLlZoW</a>)<br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature">=
Nathan Cook</div></div>
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