Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VvMc8-0008Ur-Ru for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 07:41:16 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 74.125.82.46 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.46; envelope-from=ryacko@gmail.com; helo=mail-wg0-f46.google.com; Received: from mail-wg0-f46.google.com ([74.125.82.46]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1VvMc6-0004lT-RW for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 07:41:16 +0000 Received: by mail-wg0-f46.google.com with SMTP id m15so5586068wgh.25 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 23:41:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.88.138 with SMTP id bg10mr486081wjb.56.1387870868682; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 23:41:08 -0800 (PST) Sender: ryacko@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.188.6 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 23:41:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <52B7AC86.9010808@monetize.io> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 23:41:08 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Gei9B8x2He41xZF919G2qGTxQG0 Message-ID: From: Ryan Carboni To: Allen Piscitello , bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bfd05621f413704ee42ded5 X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. 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[URIs: doubleclick.net] -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (ryacko[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -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: 1VvMc6-0004lT-RW Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin difficulty sanity check suggestion 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: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 07:41:17 -0000 --047d7bfd05621f413704ee42ded5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Maybe it's because the arguments being presented are nonsensical and irrelevant to the current Bitcoin network topology, composed of a small number of mining pools, not solo miners? Furthermore I think people would realize that their mining pool has gone "off the reservation" so to speak. On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Allen Piscitello < allen.piscitello@gmail.com> wrote: > Ryan, > > Why do you continue to try to correct people who clearly have put more > thought into this than you? Everyone understood you just fine, you just > seem to have trouble comprehending why your ideas are terrible. > > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote: > >> I think you misunderstood my statement. If time > 3 days, and after 4 >> blocks have been mined, then difficulty would be reset. >> >> In theory, one would have to isolate roughly one percent of the Bitcoin >> network's hashing power to do so. Which would indicate an attack by a state >> actor as opposed to anything else. Arguably, the safest way to run Bitcoin >> is through a proprietary dial-up network. >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Mark Friedenbach wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Ryan, these sort of adjustments introduce security risks. If you were >>> isolated from the main chain by a low-hashpower attacker, how would >>> you know? They'd need just three days without you noticing that >>> network block generation has stalled - maybe they wait for a long >>> weekend - then after that the block rate is normal but completely >>> controlled by the attacker (and isolated from mainnet). >>> >>> There are fast acting alternative difficulty adjustment algorithms >>> being explored by some alts, such as the 9-block interval, 144-block >>> window, Parks-McClellan FIR filter used by Freicoin to recover from >>> just such a mining bubble. If it were to happen to bitcoin, there >>> would be sophisticated alternative to turn to, and enough time to make >>> the change. >>> >>> On 12/22/2013 07:10 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote: >>> > I think Bitcoin should have a sanity check: after three days if >>> > only four blocks have been mined, difficulty should be adjusted >>> > downwards. >>> > >>> > This might become important in the near future. I project a >>> > Bitcoin mining bubble. >>> > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) >>> Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org >>> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ >>> >>> iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSt6yGAAoJEAdzVfsmodw4SegQAIJAWW0OgSjediSWq+EpkReS >>> qMvC2Y9dmVHtowYLdJVcgwFWbpU8RhA6ApQ1Ks2XF4t0hFCObYDecG6Nl3OIaLfb >>> snz24v8ymdxYXKNtzHHUP0VBgsaoRghIpkbf7JMUXC22sxPoPOXFt5RevLgJHrvc >>> oGFZSIcEcGgwhwZ745CgFZLwaKuSmg5+wFFcrjIihlHKJOl47Z7rzeqnD6mf2Oi3 >>> hDpRuVbuhlGMliYcmhk1E6oV0in2R4Purw1WtoY8C9DxrSP2za7W1oeCkmlFfJZS >>> to6SzRj7nEIl0LFaPGsIdBrRdDHfvu6eP2OecI+GNLEwLY6qE5v5fkh47mcDkrN0 >>> 02PmepoX5PRzBqp4sx8WaFKuRbmTRRr3E4i9PGoyzTckkZzq+zFmb1y5fwOy17hE >>> C+nP+DyuaPzjypjdo6V+/oGzUKtuKPtqcB1vurbm+WBl5C1jWosAXv5pR87mdCUJ >>> +0e14wPra5blV6yBVqX7yx+2heDGymPKfHJ8i76Dtix7XVOJWKVY4OpIxO7YrYv8 >>> IKcIswoKhZdSDOJLcjm4Qp4hrzgCHAHWx6vN71r5r2T6zaJTOvp98GS04Yy7VGAr >>> j38hojcwvJC1ahER3LV/vC0cqO+fxrvY8Q9rW2cUxCnzxzjjG0+Z/gjW8uh73lXN >>> DOTF7jpt0ZmCm7uhG9z7 >>> =5Q2H >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. 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Maybe it's because the arguments being presented are n= onsensical and irrelevant to the current Bitcoin network topology, composed= of a small number of mining pools, not solo miners? Furthermore I think pe= ople would realize that their mining pool has gone "off the reservatio= n" so to speak.


On Mon, Dec 2= 3, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Allen Piscitello <allen.piscitello@gmail.com<= /a>> wrote:
Ryan,

Wh= y do you continue to try to correct people who clearly have put more though= t into this than you? =A0Everyone understood you just fine, you just seem t= o have trouble comprehending why your ideas are terrible.


I think you misunderstood my statement. If time > 3 days, and a= fter 4 blocks have been mined, then difficulty would be reset.

In theory, one would have to isolate roughly one percent of = the Bitcoin network's hashing power to do so. Which would indicate an a= ttack by a state actor as opposed to anything else. Arguably, the safest wa= y to run Bitcoin is through a proprietary dial-up network.


On= Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Mark Friedenbach <mark@monetize.io> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAG= E-----
Hash: SHA1

Ryan, these sort of adjustments introduce security risks. If you were
isolated from the main chain by a low-hashpower attacker, how would
you know? They'd need just three days without you noticing that
network block generation has stalled - maybe they wait for a long
weekend - then after that the block rate is normal but completely
controlled by the attacker (and isolated from mainnet).

There are fast acting alternative difficulty adjustment algorithms
being explored by some alts, such as the 9-block interval, 144-block
window, Parks-McClellan FIR filter used by Freicoin to recover from
just such a mining bubble. If it were to happen to bitcoin, there
would be sophisticated alternative to turn to, and enough time to make
the change.

On 12/22/2013 07:10 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
> I think Bitcoin should have a sanity check: after three days if
> only four blocks have been mined, difficulty should be adjusted
> downwards.
>
> This might become important in the near future. I project a
> Bitcoin mining bubble.
>
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