Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B852B1C76 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:02:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-io0-f176.google.com (mail-io0-f176.google.com [209.85.223.176]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62B4E28C for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:02:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iofb144 with SMTP id b144so20032439iof.1 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:02:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=vinumeris.com; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=q3nzKfWR3gJkdUjEmElRBYQMrntKY4RDOAqdlNBl5rY=; b=RBXwor0JLJRLp74wNikc08ffOtm+uj0OC7BO7XDJqbGo4Y04PuarIxYwGtz73tNY4B MJo7NNfeJqWd3lrAQRihg+ucoWn1YQq/4tX7lS8ioJFkB9rANLQX0GozYK1FbVwRM6j7 Rl3SFdfIgNEd8KEg+ZLELsu1O6Tu6tBc0ktgU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=q3nzKfWR3gJkdUjEmElRBYQMrntKY4RDOAqdlNBl5rY=; b=mYUDQyAqPPoQjU13oIYYv1lQxPiOTXPiTpaL9JhIouTzQIZpHuaFE2dp0WF2t/4LgT 1o+p9mZMhuLPpUu80VVPPS5n5nXnYmOSCJzrySlKHlyHodRw75Njw+mrBPX/NcZ0HPiU 3a2HIRTvekZ27GgGPlI9Rrsoaswy0I1NGSmW3fv/PnwDctMKiNYYaV1VuAdxdL5FbpUJ DQws3SPNb0E1HGKz6SGZdXgFhWWYZSrd0Ci3wt+7vBG78LYtfGy2JjIrVKFUlW00bCjX RSY/Qx5i5rULfYaPG9I4CfF/RH7AN8C91U/o6nIV5DW3coZRaqNolR1spvfEToZf/gcj KLQQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmspL2+Rucg2VK55lVchBKykcBta2o8hQHsRxUl0ppfdMaTcrvAwfKkFAwQR7C59pIRxX2V MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.137.144 with SMTP id t16mr20900ioi.102.1443549726836; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:02:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.226.144 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:02:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:02:06 +0200 Message-ID: From: Mike Hearn To: Allen Piscitello Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113fb1e4af8e850520e69c48 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Is it possible for there to be two chains after a hard fork? X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:02:07 -0000 --001a113fb1e4af8e850520e69c48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Mining empty blocks is not fraud. > I didn't say it was, sorry, the comma was separating two list items. By "fraud" I meant double spending. Mining only empty blocks would be a DoS attack rather than double spending. --001a113fb1e4af8e850520e69c48 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mining empty blocks is not fraud.

I didn't say it was, sorry, the comma was separating t= wo list items. By "fraud" I meant double spending. Mining only em= pty blocks would be a DoS attack rather than double spending.
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