Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XFiwV-0003nI-SK for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:06:43 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bitpay.com designates 209.85.213.169 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.213.169; envelope-from=jgarzik@bitpay.com; helo=mail-ig0-f169.google.com; Received: from mail-ig0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1XFiwU-0006yz-5A for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:06:43 +0000 Received: by mail-ig0-f169.google.com with SMTP id r2so2411949igi.4 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:06:36 -0700 (PDT) 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:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=Zlkl9Ps6pjEl9oOG27XFRT9EPodxw+5+nqnDu5zJr0I=; b=XYShBKoqqBLBArMsbmA9R8wKUS8c9vZX7lM3XFwj1u+hYiNafAwcEySTRjnaf/ZE4n ftGg47v1hoDWYPgOIAPCZ61eeAibukVSPJtdkQHQFtEmI2mBnHTbht5i27Pjntj1IvB0 f7egQojDZrMJGR76fpw55MxMJLWMTnxMw3gwMYrCmmOEaW/NPXzkh0SZlrlrxJnSyKfH Ddw5W5f4aMj4qqNNyG1h0DX+GS78NDG/gybAFKBk1YCDAyVgbu/NIbT2ehpR0+qfFtXb PFPf9j0dM91dX1NyNd5JYNbjn71www5b9qy8YyRYerRslewzxbYgWTn13TCmOLG/0qWl ZS8g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnfqE+qBsUoYrsXq7YAnI0FmQpRjK1D/6V5MIs5yjgGaEsewSVvRRWdCr8fzsihUICE2stH X-Received: by 10.42.178.133 with SMTP id bm5mr11189607icb.75.1407499596776; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:06:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.10.78 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Aug 2014 05:06:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jeff Garzik Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 08:06:16 -0400 Message-ID: To: Wladimir Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -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: 1XFiwU-0006yz-5A Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] NODE_EXT_SERVICES and advertising related services 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: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:06:44 -0000 On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Wladimir wrote: > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Mike Hearn wrote: >> I'd like to see a mechanism whereby a Bitcoin node can delegate processing >> of unknown messages to an external process, so a P2P node can be composed >> out of separated programs, but such a service would be indistinguishable at >> the network layer from one provided by Bitcoin Core itself, so a service bit >> would be appropriate for those. > > This diverges from the topic but seems like a good idea to me in > general, not so much as replacement for jgarzik's proposal. > > Something like `getutxos` or this proposal could be implemented as an > external application or script, instead of having to integrate > everything into bitcoind. Seconded. Command plug-ins and such seem like an idea worth exploring. We don't need to shove everything into bitcoind. -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/