Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0DABDD2F for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 23:53:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com (mail-wm0-f68.google.com [74.125.82.68]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6ACC7DF for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 23:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wm0-f68.google.com with SMTP id r196so2024695wmf.2 for ; Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:53:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=27xp8EidP31VswPw3Aom2X3rg6PhrEmOlQO5h2ot/j4=; b=UAlHSj3LBbAZ4TjJJ2giT5AcPLY4YjLd2yTXQKPbKnDJ0bUzxtk2pvsc0mvopTtlc0 PNcUec55gG6xypHniO6Bg4/UC3ZvdzaYRRN6kBd2wUAGfuO4L5mTNvwa0p0hMJf8iybF x3o9A5JxvQCfzvIsu0k28bOKoFm9rSW31kF0q8Q3pQyBHEcjpX5nzMwRXmGbm0KIxL2m eGmqtHftE2qLlr4GnYZGk6Mgh2V//4Y+ja/8iIeBH9jAVUzUYcP+Fc7/QpBIwYeNgoov RffIh+vBg229sOpthCSiRfPGSUNnZr5E9r/BUR/P9wZSpK9ArPxlAPB/jPz5woqBqc9Z 2P3Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=27xp8EidP31VswPw3Aom2X3rg6PhrEmOlQO5h2ot/j4=; b=eiAqODx+w72Ndgf2iZbc536CA7xEwH8fzn2XjZbaEIb8OOaYTiGrFgbu2ZCGVy+u2f dpTegi6+x/nM/5d8iblNUqmQKBtJDHEOAMMwri/64hQpf5YuXJrVQ8Q2TheIC1859ZTL tawhSlgznLFTPTykCy+3xJOyKnjmCRYfib3v1goeWGn2LcanLS86suzENhFDnNGc71Ui 7wy9EzlSDeJuccf1Zg/MXB2L7tinGms+em7Q4uCWT5FNXtz5SCoh/hEGlhsEvQuehbSr KRTUa1tjF6rxA3tlzAyEpSmEgLAXqXSPVG/6EQbxhLWLNaJgJ86M/G6RoS6p9hVccnbX /upw== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaW5DF1K9AP24sY0/XBpx29rJJAhbLe14ROHfAz7YBnn4z2Wxxue q2lCRgUxnsL5RvLWo2l5D4U8qCuBvQ4XRtv662g= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+RcDwZEBQv8AQRxNMu8X5r7KUwgWZf+8nRNyOQmcfdMmDMjAllpe0yOypF3ERaRCYFsbiQNjlpj6Zfp5x9aSvU= X-Received: by 10.80.213.93 with SMTP id f29mr6259389edj.225.1509666805924; Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:53:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.173.10 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:53:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.80.173.10 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:53:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Scott Roberts Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 19:53:25 -0400 Message-ID: To: Gregory Maxwell Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c1b0098b25151055d08b1a4" X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:01:13 +0000 Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Cash's new difficulty algorithm X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 23:53:28 -0000 --94eb2c1b0098b25151055d08b1a4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Whatever their failings from their previous code or their adversarial nature, they got this code right and I'm only presenting it as a real and excellent solution for the impending threat to bitcoin. As a big core fan, I really wanted to delete the word Cash from my post because I was afraid someone would turn this technical discussion into a political football. On Nov 2, 2017 7:37 PM, "Gregory Maxwell" wrote: On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:31 PM, Scott Roberts via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Bitcoin cash will hard fork on Nov 13 to implement a new difficulty > algorithm. Bitcoin itself might need to hard fork to employ a similar > algorithm. It's about as good as they come because it followed the This is the bitcoin development mailing list, not the "give free review to the obviously defective proposals of adversarial competing systems" mailing list. Your posting is off-topic. --94eb2c1b0098b25151055d08b1a4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Whatever their failings from their previous code or = their adversarial nature, they got this code right and I'm only present= ing it as a real and excellent solution for the impending threat to bitcoin= . As a big core fan, I really wanted to delete the word Cash from my post b= ecause I was afraid someone would turn this technical discussion into a pol= itical football.

On Nov 2, 2017 7:37 PM, "Gregory Maxwell" <greg@xiph.org> wrote:
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:31= PM, Scott Roberts via bitcoin-dev
<bitcoin-dev@li= sts.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Bitcoin cash will hard fork on Nov 13 to implement a new difficulty > algorithm.=C2=A0 Bitcoin itself might need to hard fork to employ a si= milar
> algorithm. It's about as good as they come because it followed the=

This is the bitcoin development mailing list, not the "give free=
review to the obviously defective proposals of adversarial competing
systems" mailing list. Your posting is off-topic.

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