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You cannot close Pandora's box.  Whether or not this type of patch should
exist is irrelevant.  It does, and there are incentives to use it by
miners.  These are the bounds we have to deal with and the world we must
adapt to.

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@riseup.net>
wrote:

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> On 02/12/2015 05:24 PM, Oleg Andreev wrote:
> >
> >> I think that is a misdirection on your part. The point of
> >> replace-by-fee is to make 0-confirms reliably unreliable.
> >> Currently people can "get away" with 0-confirms but it's only
> >> because most people arent actively double spending, and when they
> >> do it is for higher value targets. Double spend attacks are
> >> happening a lot more frequently than is being admitted here,
> >> according to Peter from work with various clients.
> >>
> >> Like single address reuse, people have gotten used to something
> >> which is bad. Generally accepting 0-conf is also a bad idea(tm)
> >> and instant confirmation solutions should be sought elsewhere.
> >> There are already interesting solutions and concepts:
> >> greenaddress for example, and CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY micropayment
> >> channels for example. Rather than supporting and promoting risky
> >> 0-confirms, we need to spend time on better alternative solutions
> >> that will work for everyone and not during the honeymoon phase
> >> where attackers are fewer.
> >
> > Here's value-free assessment of the issue here:
> >
> > 1. Zero-conf txs are unsafe. 2. We'd all want to have a safer
> > instant payments solution if possible. 3. As a social artifact,
> > today zeroconf txs happen to work for some people in some
> > situations. 4. Replace-by-fee will break #3 and probably hasten
> > development of #2.
> >
> > The discussion boils down to whether we should make #2 happen
> > sooner by breaking remnants of #3 sooner.
> >
> > I personally would rather not break anything, but work as fast as
> > possible on #2 so no matter when and how #3 becomes utterly broken,
> > we have a better solution. This implies that I also don't want to
> > waste time debating with Peter Todd and others. I want to be ready
> > with a working tool when zeroconf completely fails (with that patch
> > or for some other reasons).
> >
> > TL;DR: those who are against the patch are better off building a
> > decentralized clearing network rather than wasting time on debates.
> > When we have such network, we might all want this patch to be used
> > for all the reasons Peter has already outlined.
>
> You've left out of the discussion that many (or all) proposed
> solutions for 2 either reduce privacy, or security, or both.
>
> That fact should not be ignored or swept under the rug.
>
> There's also no mention of the degree to which child-pays-for-parent
> achieves the stated aims of the original proposal (clearing mempool of
> stuck transactions, increasing payee assurance of conformation)
> without introducing incentives to double spend or forcing people into
> privacy/security sacrifices.
>
>
> - --
> Support online privacy by using email encryption whenever possible.
> Learn how here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakOKJFtB-k
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<div dir=3D"ltr">You cannot close Pandora&#39;s box.=C2=A0 Whether or not t=
his type of patch should exist is irrelevant.=C2=A0 It does, and there are =
incentives to use it by miners.=C2=A0 These are the bounds we have to deal =
with and the world we must adapt to.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Justus Ranvier <=
span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:justusranvier@riseup.net" target=3D"=
_blank">justusranvier@riseup.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
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</span><div><div class=3D"h5">On 02/12/2015 05:24 PM, Oleg Andreev wrote:<b=
r>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I think that is a misdirection on your part. The point of<br>
&gt;&gt; replace-by-fee is to make 0-confirms reliably unreliable.<br>
&gt;&gt; Currently people can &quot;get away&quot; with 0-confirms but it&#=
39;s only<br>
&gt;&gt; because most people arent actively double spending, and when they<=
br>
&gt;&gt; do it is for higher value targets. Double spend attacks are<br>
&gt;&gt; happening a lot more frequently than is being admitted here,<br>
&gt;&gt; according to Peter from work with various clients.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Like single address reuse, people have gotten used to something<br=
>
&gt;&gt; which is bad. Generally accepting 0-conf is also a bad idea(tm)<br=
>
&gt;&gt; and instant confirmation solutions should be sought elsewhere.<br>
&gt;&gt; There are already interesting solutions and concepts:<br>
&gt;&gt; greenaddress for example, and CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY micropayment<br>
&gt;&gt; channels for example. Rather than supporting and promoting risky<b=
r>
&gt;&gt; 0-confirms, we need to spend time on better alternative solutions<=
br>
&gt;&gt; that will work for everyone and not during the honeymoon phase<br>
&gt;&gt; where attackers are fewer.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Here&#39;s value-free assessment of the issue here:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; 1. Zero-conf txs are unsafe. 2. We&#39;d all want to have a safer<br>
&gt; instant payments solution if possible. 3. As a social artifact,<br>
&gt; today zeroconf txs happen to work for some people in some<br>
&gt; situations. 4. Replace-by-fee will break #3 and probably hasten<br>
&gt; development of #2.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The discussion boils down to whether we should make #2 happen<br>
&gt; sooner by breaking remnants of #3 sooner.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I personally would rather not break anything, but work as fast as<br>
&gt; possible on #2 so no matter when and how #3 becomes utterly broken,<br=
>
&gt; we have a better solution. This implies that I also don&#39;t want to<=
br>
&gt; waste time debating with Peter Todd and others. I want to be ready<br>
&gt; with a working tool when zeroconf completely fails (with that patch<br=
>
&gt; or for some other reasons).<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; TL;DR: those who are against the patch are better off building a<br>
&gt; decentralized clearing network rather than wasting time on debates.<br=
>
&gt; When we have such network, we might all want this patch to be used<br>
&gt; for all the reasons Peter has already outlined.<br>
<br>
</div></div>You&#39;ve left out of the discussion that many (or all) propos=
ed<br>
solutions for 2 either reduce privacy, or security, or both.<br>
<br>
That fact should not be ignored or swept under the rug.<br>
<br>
There&#39;s also no mention of the degree to which child-pays-for-parent<br=
>
achieves the stated aims of the original proposal (clearing mempool of<br>
stuck transactions, increasing payee assurance of conformation)<br>
without introducing incentives to double spend or forcing people into<br>
privacy/security sacrifices.<br>
<span class=3D""><br>
<br>
- --<br>
Support online privacy by using email encryption whenever possible.<br>
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