Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4543C93D for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2015 20:55:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.bluematt.me (mail.bluematt.me [192.241.179.72]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC17E1A5 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2015 20:55:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.64.3.246] (unknown [79.143.111.208]) by mail.bluematt.me (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E0504570FA; Thu, 6 Aug 2015 20:55:25 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <55C3A4BF.1010509@thinlink.com> References: <55C3A4BF.1010509@thinlink.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 From: Matt Corallo Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:55:15 +0000 To: Tom Harding , Tom Harding via bitcoin-dev , bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Message-ID: <1DEBDD04-5F00-4013-B332-A9293D775338@mattcorallo.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Idea: Efficient bitcoin block propagation 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: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:55:28 -0000 On August 6, 2015 8:17:35 PM GMT+02:00, Tom Harding via bitcoin-dev wrote: >On 8/6/2015 10:16 AM, Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> Is there any up to date documentation about TheBlueMatt relay network >> including what kind of block compression it is currently doing? >(apart >> from the source code) >> > >Another question. > >Did the "relay network" relay >0000000000000000009cc829aa25b40b2cd4eb83dd498c12ad0d26d90c439d99, the >BTC Nuggets block that was invalid post-softfork? If so, The version check was only added hours after the initial fork, so it should have (assuming BTC Nuggets or anyone who accepted it is running a client) > - Is there reason to believe that by so doing, it contributed to the >growth of the 2015-07-04 fork? The reason other miners mined on that fork is because they were watching each other's stratum servers, so the relay network should not have had a significant effect. Still, even in a different fork, miners already aggressively relay around the network/between each other, so I'm not so worried. >- Will the relay network at least validate block version numbers in the >future? > >_______________________________________________ >bitcoin-dev mailing list >bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org >https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev