Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VdlpZ-00042n-8e for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:58:25 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bitpay.com designates 74.125.82.173 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.173; envelope-from=jgarzik@bitpay.com; helo=mail-we0-f173.google.com; Received: from mail-we0-f173.google.com ([74.125.82.173]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1VdlpY-0006Op-E8 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:58:25 +0000 Received: by mail-we0-f173.google.com with SMTP id u57so3871077wes.4 for ; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:58:18 -0800 (PST) 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=PZg05GPs9n2uVZMONP9BSvEEt21nDsmezn+VKExtsbg=; b=kXSV8WKwEP9pZgyaLjORtphqsLjLaUZTWmrgFLL1q4AbR96Yt6+OS6Oot/WMPw/kqx jvnVagAO2rPDM8BW74+RgEcoAx7wbdDU/2Pt90LnQShuwDd/VwitkpkDUyxdQ2r2rsiw fMQx47R6pAhh7nGjribToLa9cXwFhuORMzGiHqGW2M3anHaI9dHqatlRN8fXARIPmCDv 97rWpTWS/nA900JLwmKkcN9BCAlaEpMMbCDzR07WhTGSAzqAdtK9fqJ6CRuxiBPLDhzU uF4vVczQBe405zh2Nts1WnfYulHlSmYlaOnr9nHl8BMhBpW95I0mn8cMydCY3TPvlGhW 5Jkw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm9xMOG3WQIvTu2IX9qwb/AOOO/gheaTciIkkgwltn0342H7kVYbnw9OoINabViTZVNelhp MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.11.37 with SMTP id n5mr18015822wib.25.1383677898237; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:58:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.164.164 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 10:58:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20131105170541.GA13660@petertodd.org> <20131105171445.GA13710@petertodd.org> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:58:18 -0500 Message-ID: From: Jeff Garzik To: Alessandro Parisi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 0.0 URIBL_BLOCKED ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [URIs: bitpay.com] -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1VdlpY-0006Op-E8 Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP proposal - patch to raise selfish mining threshold. X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:58:25 -0000 On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Alessandro Parisi wrote: > this means that anytime a bug is found in Bitcoin protocol, chances are that > it would take a lot more time to get fixed Correct. There is significant potential that a fix can create other problems... and any major mistake could instantly destroy > $2 billion worth of value. -- Jeff Garzik Senior Software Engineer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/