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Be careful though, if you relay everything, it suddenly *does* have DDoS
potential...

JS


On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Luke-Jr <luke@dashjr.org> wrote:

> On Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:51:02 PM Mike Hearn wrote:
> > Bitcoin is one of the few pieces of software I use that has no concept of
> > automatic updates or even notifications at all. Yet the network badly
> > relies on people upgrading for stability, scalability and to enable new
> > features.
> >
> > If the alert system goes away, it'd just end up being replaced by polling
> > something over HTTP, which is less decentralized than before. Having zero
> > way to communicate upgrades to end-users is a non-starter for anything
> > serious about mass market penetration.
>
> In fact, I think the alert system should relay (note, NOT display) messages
> *regardless of the key used*, so it isn't yet another "our client gets
> special
> status" thing, and can be used for other clients as well.
>

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<br>Be careful though, if you relay everything, it suddenly *does* have DDo=
S potential...<br><br>JS<br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep =
8, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Luke-Jr <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:luke@da=
shjr.org">luke@dashjr.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class=3D"im">On Thursday, September 08=
, 2011 12:51:02 PM Mike Hearn wrote:<br>
&gt; Bitcoin is one of the few pieces of software I use that has no concept=
 of<br>
&gt; automatic updates or even notifications at all. Yet the network badly<=
br>
&gt; relies on people upgrading for stability, scalability and to enable ne=
w<br>
&gt; features.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; If the alert system goes away, it&#39;d just end up being replaced by =
polling<br>
&gt; something over HTTP, which is less decentralized than before. Having z=
ero<br>
&gt; way to communicate upgrades to end-users is a non-starter for anything=
<br>
&gt; serious about mass market penetration.<br>
<br>
</div>In fact, I think the alert system should relay (note, NOT display) me=
ssages<br>
*regardless of the key used*, so it isn&#39;t yet another &quot;our client =
gets special<br>
status&quot; thing, and can be used for other clients as well.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>

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