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 1UfASD-0002CK-CU for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 22 May 2013 14:55:49 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mail-pd0-f179.google.com ([209.85.192.179]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1UfASC-0000BD-HQ for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 22 May 2013 14:55:49 +0000 Received: by mail-pd0-f179.google.com with SMTP id q11so1769457pdj.38 for ; Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=4RT23P/3WxNE41W01FVG1PCIJzMmhRDC2vJu1Dz5ePA=; b=heFqtCjnmX9Pj8lsKi6CU5BW50UDMZ3pPM5xfHlyTfF9VE6JRY78fiqVmUW7IZuMba xZW9Qf7+JfUP4EQ9WcHbetNTbKkwZVqnDXhRdFnPwwakuTE8hoRCMEuS5hGl+jCq+ZOq Mjt7PqbefWpFOVLEfhdsk76Yq/1pLnoZYw3rWPjN+/tUW7X4bQ2yzre1cWJvOViE54kM JtsZmIV3+ovLPQ42828NOnzjRjwERQYo3LhuT/yOdolA6cieH4AeRXc8Rb80Fe0yYtN3 cH7vFO2gmxmSLuJlSJ9bjmRvfxDH5IrZi6GCvRFfC+ysbXY5fKfAUKShneZB/ZzH3kyD jYSA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.176.133 with SMTP id ci5mr8235038pbc.21.1369234542642; Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.15.194 with HTTP; Wed, 22 May 2013 07:55:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [66.194.102.6] In-Reply-To: <201305221429.49704.luke@dashjr.org> References: <519AB8EB.5000103@monetize.io> <201305221429.49704.luke@dashjr.org> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 10:55:42 -0400 Message-ID: From: Jeff Garzik To: Luke-Jr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkQxnTFHGMvENRDRZ5lw4ceTK7/o7Gz/oZU6J11Vm/opJqPQSjDsG9c12XSwQ2beW5SA/H2 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [209.85.192.179 listed in list.dnswl.org] X-Headers-End: 1UfASC-0000BD-HQ Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] UUID to identify chains (payment protocol and elsewhere) 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: Wed, 22 May 2013 14:55:49 -0000 On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Luke-Jr wrote: > In some cases, multiple currencies can use the same blockchain (not just the > singular genesis block). This use case *is* something we want to encourage - > no reason for people to make an entirely new blockchain if their altcoin fits > within the scope of Bitcoin or another existing altchain. OK, let me qualify. Layers on top are one thing, but we really do not want to support cases like the fork that leaves the genesis block intact, and leaves the subsidy at 50.0 BTC forever. -- Jeff Garzik exMULTI, Inc. jgarzik@exmulti.com