Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D983267 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 02:27:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-pf0-f172.google.com (mail-pf0-f172.google.com [209.85.192.172]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 228F3143 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 02:27:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pf0-f172.google.com with SMTP id y69so24913291pfb.1 for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 19:27:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=thinlink-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iopVvUT5WvumNDK+38fC9bRYqgHdQuLg3rWm7JQdAeY=; b=p9kZA/SqqS9rSQ9QIE59+nWXbRkiEtJneP/4AIRMTUw1cgYhI2lf0wxn5N9PjPQViy LsR2Q+ePDCTlzc5agA3Eh+DXxSNj3AeLTB/ncrvwm8I4yISHy8r/IxH6TIN2MefsR8rp DPIMtv31890NnqxLmpfKsrJTpk3cBUp/h1NP9g6BwtmX8x1uSjM2usAjEGaF8ESo1gbP x4K2QCa+oBQvyTg/5brEvILWmkc93z+NULH3ODgPmgyzqfo+Hjl8zip7UAFTzmRycmlQ wbreLO+oBZYoayDJa3QzIwsHhElN/lZyrcXv8l4t4m6S9hgz1qLVfvH2K48T41TmkxK9 /trQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iopVvUT5WvumNDK+38fC9bRYqgHdQuLg3rWm7JQdAeY=; b=ZVzG3VEX2K2mHCm9VL1UZe8qajyK6ZC/5CvwGg0JuybK/6PJ5X34aEGDSKpD1jOo1H xQ0+BspD54jNa55OKDnhcxU515kxs26O9B/rdlYb603xBaajiOnF4nYW8GFB9KyDzKUo E7om9tErHk+bg93rZyK8heBT8uzKDJn2dLZja44gzbogPWzB1JwX6lIplB7s1DkEM83N AB5gh8VykY7x641DbXBHHcWiIxgwlaM1fbKadMK5dpnzMWW16Rb2IqsejdtFiJHiglzG T2+Tw3PVRYybNQVhALQnPz4FNLQIN2JUqWAojDFjhTAt82UynMMGOGesbjLdUAze13ww AaUA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FVdhMovXPglo2hU3LcT8Aq+DsVCZtTBQVLHpQqjGTOYthT+wT20DNpRlR4n7PgLj0sk X-Received: by 10.98.75.154 with SMTP id d26mr9862980pfj.72.1463020036859; Wed, 11 May 2016 19:27:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.89] (99-8-65-117.lightspeed.davlca.sbcglobal.net. [99.8.65.117]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id p1sm15333804paz.8.2016.05.11.19.27.15 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 11 May 2016 19:27:15 -0700 (PDT) To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: <20160510185728.GA1149@fedora-21-dvm> From: Tom Harding Message-ID: <7a9bf5ac-5d23-c7cd-e297-f7dd6503919b@thinlink.com> Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 19:27:09 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,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 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Making AsicBoost irrelevant X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 02:27:17 -0000 On 5/10/2016 2:43 PM, Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > If we change the protocol then the message to the ecosystem is that > ASIC optimizations should be kept secret. Further to that point, if THIS optimization had been kept secret, nobody would be talking about doing anything, as with countless other optimizations.