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Hi,
removing the special rule and moving to a reduced block interval sounds lik=
e a good and simple solution.
Another idea: Keep the current exception logic and adapt the difficulty adj=
ustment code (`CalculateNextWorkRequired`) to look for the last block that =
didn't have difficulty 1 and use that block's difficulty as the basis for t=
he new difficulty calculation. It seemed like the most intuitive fix to me =
when I looked at the code after reading Jameson's first email (see https://=
github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29775/commits/9913549637706749f0af5d326f949=
bd652cbd5f8).
Best,
Fabian
On Monday, April 1st, 2024 at 4:20 PM, Andrew Poelstra <apoelstra@wpsoftwar=
e.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 01:37:59PM +0000, Pieter Wuille wrote:
>=20
> > As for using other measures to prevent too large difficulty variations.=
.. I'm not sure that's desirable, because it always cuts both ways (nicely =
demonstrated by the "allow difficulty 1 rule" on testnet3 backfiring and en=
abling block storms!). For applications that actually need very predictable=
block rate, there is signet. For others, just the normal mainnet rules are=
probably not too terrible. I would be ok with having a somewhat reduced bl=
ock interval (say a few days instead of 2 weeks) if that's not deemed to co=
mplex to implement across the ecosystem, but I don't think it's that import=
ant.
>=20
>=20
> I really like this. For my part (rust-bitcoin) this would be as simple
> as adding an extra parameter to my blockparams structure. Possibly one
> already exists, I'd have to check.
>=20
> This would be much easier than the existing situation where we have
> special-case logic for testnet the difficulty-1 target.
>=20
> It would also limit the amount of bikeshedding possible, since there
> aren't too many conflicting goals regarding the retargeting window...
> unlike tweaking the existing logic where there's a tradeoff between
> "we should make this never happen" and "it should happen often enough
> that it doesn't break people's code" and "it should happen if blocks
> slow down to like, 1/50th their normal rate even if they are still
> technically being produced" and "it shouldn't be possible to trigger
> it within the 2-hour timestamp-faking window" etc. And questions
> about whether we should fix/redesign the interaction between the reset
> rule and the normal difficulty retarget.
>=20
>=20
> OTOH, since we already have the special logic, I'd also be happy with
> tweaking the existing rule. My specific proposal (after reading Jameson's
> post, which has some nice graphs of difficulty) would be
>=20
> * increase the reset threshold from 20 minutes to 6 hours, which is
> (a) well outside the 2-hour window in which miners can easily fake
> timestamps, and (b) will basically never be hit by accident
> * increase the reset difficulty from 1 to 1MM, which is an rough lower
> bound on the "normal" testnet difficulty seen historically
>=20
> Which puts us in the "this rule would never be triggered unless
> literally everyone stopped mining" corner of the design space.
>=20
>=20
> --
> Andrew Poelstra
> Director of Research, Blockstream
> Email: apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
> Web: https://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew
>=20
> The sun is always shining in space
> -Justin Lewis-Webster
>=20
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