Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XjzEl-0001m1-U2 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:34:39 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bitpay.com designates 209.85.223.171 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.223.171; envelope-from=jgarzik@bitpay.com; helo=mail-ie0-f171.google.com; Received: from mail-ie0-f171.google.com ([209.85.223.171]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1XjzEk-0004kF-LA for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:34:39 +0000 Received: by mail-ie0-f171.google.com with SMTP id x19so211447ier.16 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:34:33 -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=Dlt5ky1+SE22G4vMXyB7J2qU9xtZb1xRoDosbST7zsc=; b=b2+JguI8dT55v09qgV7LuRKYQV2v7js8pjAqB7LGY8XekIys5gMws7kYnr/si3BFKR 225wxy6OH7tPeNzpjg5bGnMv54lU23CgMkZrtjrRONRQZmSzC7fOSwHP+DpWUYAyXycS N44RsWijvpK39PDkCnKMdm/VD4kOQ3u/+TJ1UypZ4peoH5eh96YIPVf2I3ztyXxCQvWi L7a/y4Pec0T0gUeX7NJejuzdE8si7mafD1rdEZDaOqQvBuyukp9Sm8zn04pHKMqad4xi qZFb7JL4UQH/VwYYaXgVXXuUQwWu0Nq/nCpa1PpWCIEVAf0DzPwup3ePn9H32rjiDReS NvJg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmj1NpZ5hKLpr0nzGJDgQzZdXTlG2PcsSQy6T9CRzlPUk8mv/47Y+QK44EKbKL4DK4R7nVB X-Received: by 10.43.148.74 with SMTP id kf10mr20961339icc.9.1414712073139; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:34:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.156.193 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:34:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <874mul9met.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> References: <874mul9met.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> From: Jeff Garzik Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:34:12 -0400 Message-ID: To: Rusty Russell 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: 1XjzEk-0004kF-LA Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Increasing regularity of block times? 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: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:34:40 -0000 That's what we do for testnet today: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet If no block is found for 20 minutes, one minimum-diff block may be mined. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been toying with an algorithm to place a ceiling on > confirmation latency by allowing weaker blocks after a certain time. > Hope this isn't noise, but thought someone must have considered this > before, or know of flaws in the scheme? > > Gory details: > http://rustyrussell.github.io/pettycoin/2014/10/30/More-Regular-Block-Times.html > > Thanks, > Rusty. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/