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From: Zheming Lin <heater@gmail.com>
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To: Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposal: Demonstration of Phase in Full Network
 Upgrade Activated by Miners
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> =D4=DA 2017=C4=EA6=D4=C214=C8=D5=A3=AC02:11=A3=ACGregory Maxwell =
<greg@xiph.org> =D0=B4=B5=C0=A3=BA
>=20
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:23 AM, Zheming Lin via bitcoin-dev
> <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> The BIP is described using Chinese and English. If any part is =
missing or need more specific, please reply. Forgive for my poor =
English.
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> Your English is much better than my Chinese.  Thank you for taking the
> time to write this.
>=20
> I am still reading and trying to completely understand your proposal
> but I wanted to make one observation:
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>> =
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>> In view of the fact that the original Bitcoin consensus did not =
consider the non-mining wallet nodes(as mentioned above), the result is =
that upgrading the consensus of these wallet nodes is passive and lazy.
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> This is not true. Non-mining wallet nodes were considered, and their
> upgrade practices are not usually slower than miners.
>=20

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I mean lazy and passive ones I addressed. Not the one actively chose =
whichever solution they like. Users always have their solution. There=A1=AF=
s no way to force a union if they are not together.

> Even in the very first version of the software it did not mine unless
> the user went into the settings and explicitly turned it on or used a
> command-line option.  By default, every installation of Bitcoin was a
> non-mining wallet node.
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=46rom the definition of Satishi Nakamoto, Section 5, each node mines. =
If that=A1=AFs the disagreement between us, there=A1=AFs no more I can =
convince you.=20

> The enforcement of the system's rules by users broadly, and not just
> miners, is specifically described in the white paper (section 8,
> paragraph 2, it especially clear in the last sentence).  This is
> critical for the security of Bitcoin especially with the current
> degree of centralization in pools.  Without it, Bitcoin's security
> would look a lot more like the Ripple system.
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BIP =
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=CB=FB=C3=C7=D0=E8=D2=AA=D6=AA=B5=C0=B1=D8=D0=EB=D7=F6=B3=F6=D2=BB=B8=F6=D1=
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=C8=CF=B5=C4=B2=DF=C2=D4=A3=A9
Yes, users always have choice that they can abandon the nodes. This BIP =
does=A1=AFt go against them. I mean only the one(especially wallets) =
that=A1=AFs passive, they need to know there=A1=AFs a choice and pick =
one.

=D5=E2=B8=F6 BIP =
=BF=C9=D2=D4=B1=BB=D3=A6=D3=C3=D3=DA=BC=B8=BA=F5=C8=CE=BA=CE=B5=C4=C9=FD=BC=
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=B8=F4=C0=EB=BC=FB=D6=A4=A3=AC=C1=BD=D5=D7=C0=A9=C8=DD=A3=AC=D3=BF=CF=D6=B9=
=B2=CA=B6=A3=AC=B0=CB=D5=D7=C0=A9=C8=DD=B5=C8=A1=A3=B5=AB=D5=E2=D0=A9=C9=FD=
=BC=B6=B2=A2=B2=BB=CA=C7=D6=D8=B5=E3=A1=A3
This BIP can be applied to almost any upgrade, including Segwit, =
Segwit2x, 2m, ec, 8m=A1=AD but the upgrade is not the key point.

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=D0=D1=A1=D4=F1=A3=BF
Did the users have any real choice?

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I don=A1=AFt see the reason they trust the majority miners(as they do =
today) but refuse the vote for upcoming protocol upgrade.

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=FD=B5=F4=BF=F3=B9=A4=A1=A3
This choice for wallet users right now, is wether to follow the 51% =
majority miners. If they don=A1=AFt, they can have their fork that get =
rid of miners.

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=B5=C4=D0=AD=D2=E9=B8=C4=B1=E4=A1=A3
If they do trust the majority miners, they stay and follow the vote for =
upcoming protocol upgrade.

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=CA=FD=BF=F3=B9=A4=D3=B5=D3=D0=D0=C5=C8=CE=A1=A3
So the questions is: Do the bitcoin developers, users, holders, service =
provides, even miners, (still) have faith in the majority of miners as =
designed in the white paper?


> Frequently it is the miners that are "passive and lazy" in upgrading.
> In some cases when new versions have had major improvements specific
> to mining (such as for 0.8) miners upgraded much faster than other
> nodes. But often, it is the other way around and miners adopt new
> versions much slower than other nodes. If you look at block
> construction today you will see that many miners are running highly
> outdated node software which is more than one or even two years old.
> (and as a result, they lose out on a considerable amount of
> transaction fees.)
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I personally take that as VETO to current version. This BIP also address =
this situation. Did you notice that miners should be upgraded first? Did =
that solve the problem you mentioned above?

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=B5=C4=CD=B6=C6=B1=A1=A3
If we can use this method to at least make miners upgraded to the same =
consensus version and start to vote for the upcoming changes, that would =
solve the problem for the passive behavior. Unless the vote miners wish =
to hold, is not in the wishlist of someone.

> In fact, many miners have the most severe form of passive behavior:
> they do not run a node at all but simply sell their hash power to
> pools (which themselves are often slow to upgrade).  By comparison,
> http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/charts/branches.html 95%
> of reachable nodes are running software now from the last year and a
> half.
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> I do not, however, believe that it is a problem that anyone is slow to =
upgrade.
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> Reliability cannot be maintained in infrastructure if it is rapidly
> changing.  A normal deployment process for major systems
> infrastructure outside of Bitcoin usually takes months because time
> must be given to test and find bugs.
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> Miners depend on their income from mining and interruptions can be
> very costly.  Many pools are also involved with altcoins which are
> constantly breaking and they have their attention directed elsewhere
> and cannot quickly spare the time required to upgrade their software.
> These delays are the natural consequence of a decentralized system
> where no one has the power to force other people to adopt their
> priorities.
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> If you look at the deployment processes of major internet protocols,
> HTTP2, new versions of SSH, BGP,  or IP itself you will find that
> upgrades often happen slower than the entire life of Bitcoin so far--
> and none of these protocols have the difficult consistency challenges
> of Bitcoin or as much risk of irreparable financial loss if things go
> wrong.
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> Because many people in the Bitcoin community appears to expect
> upgrades much faster than even centralized ISP backbones upgrade their
> router software I think they have unrealistic expectations with how
> fast upgrading can occur while preserving stability, security, and
> decentralization and unrealistic expectations of how fast upgrading
> will occur so long as no one has the ability to force other people to
> run their upgrades.
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> I look forward to competing my understanding of your proposal.
>=20
> Cheers,

I think the divergency is from the different definition of bitcoin. If =
no common understanding, let=A1=AFs get one from the white paper, =
together.

Regards

LIN Zheming=