Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 612A619BD for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:46:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from smtp10.hushmail.com (smtp10.hushmail.com [65.39.178.143]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1918231 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:46:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp10.hushmail.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp10.hushmail.com (Postfix) with SMTP id C3D6DC0214 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:46:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=hush.com; h=date:to:subject:from; s=hush; bh=eQE7mUBjvkr/SlTFQl36+sJ0il56Kc8Uk/msD9e8VKc=; b=gARqng2rf2vWd1jMoIpjjf9q24PqoDjQtpcHEz9bKaFpIgBCklOu60GaNWRg+2uCYRxXjB7LtfmnsugV2g96Isv7zq+WyrPKZEL53apg0A6MMMQjki/5d0141b2jb8+XVrGwGJ831wbcDi5OKICstDrpITwczfZIeSITUWXq5fE3vVlY3AiBGlNq9L4Bg54n0mn60yrPNw7FAmJP4VPzU2gB0IGE9CjgDb6yczbMk2ZeQs3jznywWnHXzEgAXcl18xdvE71UHvsgcUkgZja0a7EzQ8OCXvzvfo6Ud986cZsy5o/d1X6duVUE90Vd/jKQyyJfXX7V0az7YmRP8vuYWg== Received: from smtp.hushmail.com (w1.hushmail.com [65.39.178.83]) by smtp10.hushmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:46:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.hushmail.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 5F7A720101; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:46:30 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:46:30 +0300 To: "=?UTF-8?B?Sm9yZ2UgVGltw7Nu?=" , "Daniele Pinna" From: "NxtChg" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-Id: <20151002104630.5F7A720101@smtp.hushmail.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] =?utf-8?q?Dev-list=27s_stance_on_potentially_alteri?= =?utf-8?q?ng_the_PoW=09algorithm?= X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:46:31 -0000 >...obviously not for so called "ASIC-resistance" [an absurd term coined to promote some altcoins] Yet another fallacy of "all-or-nothing" thinking, which is so abundant in the Core camp. The fact that you can build ASIC for any kind of algorithm _in_theory_ doesn't mean you can't make it _arbitrary_hard_ in practice. So I would tone down the arrogance a bit.