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From: Mike Brooks <m@ib.tc>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 12:26:01 -0700
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Hey Larry,

Great project, and great youtube video.   Expect a PR from me.

... If you actively ping nodes that are running a weaker block, you could
inform them of the new block, there could be a mechanism to
eradicate dissent.

-Mike


On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 9:43 AM Larry Ruane <larryruane@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Mike and others,
>
> I just want to plug the open-source POW network mining simulator I
> recently wrote: https://github.com/LarryRuane/minesim
>
> It simulates Bitcoin's existing POW (of course), but probably would be
> easy to modify to correspond to variations such as the one being proposed
> here. Sometimes simulating an algorithm can lead to insights beyond what's
> possible using only abstract reasoning.
>
> Larry Ruane
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hey Larry,<div><br></div><div>Great project, and great you=
tube video.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Expect a PR from me.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div=
>... If you actively=C2=A0ping nodes that are running a weaker block, you c=
ould inform them of the new block, there could be a mechanism to eradicate=
=C2=A0dissent.</div><div><br></div><div>-Mike</div><div><br></div></div><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, O=
ct 1, 2020 at 9:43 AM Larry Ruane &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:larryruane@gmail.co=
m">larryruane@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_=
quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,=
204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello Mike and others,<div><br></di=
v><div>I just want to plug the open-source POW network mining simulator I r=
ecently wrote:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://github.com/LarryRuane/minesim" targe=
t=3D"_blank">https://github.com/LarryRuane/minesim</a></div><div><br></div>=
<div>It simulates Bitcoin&#39;s existing POW (of course), but probably woul=
d be easy to modify to correspond to variations such as the one being propo=
sed here. Sometimes simulating an algorithm can lead to insights beyond wha=
t&#39;s possible using only abstract reasoning.</div><div><br></div><div>La=
rry Ruane</div></div>
</blockquote></div>

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