{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1xljjfnrwkp7tg7lyc2624rd2pt5cht3tna00wqad290wxkjw0t7qvkfzv5","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1xljjfnrwkp7tg7lyc2624rd2pt5cht3tna00wqad290wxkjw0t7qvkfzv5","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2014-05-20\n📝 Original message:Has there ever been serious discussion on extending the protocol to\nsupport UDP transport? That would allow for NAT traversal and for many\nmore people to run effective nodes. I'm also curious if it could be\nmade improve block propagation time.\n\nOn Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Gmail \u003cwill.yager at gmail.com\u003e wrote:\n\u003e Unlikely. I doubt any significant portion of miners in china will continue to mine on a china-specific chain, since it will certainly be outmined by non-Chinese miners, and will be orphaned eventually.\n\u003e\n\u003e More likely is that mining interests in china will make special arrangements to circumvent the GFwOC.\n\u003e\n\u003e Users who can't access the worldwide blockchain will notice horrendously slow confirmation times and other side effects.\n\u003e\n\u003e\u003e On May 20, 2014, at 10:37, Eugen Leitl \u003ceugen at leitl.org\u003e\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Could a blockchain fork due to network split happen?\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e \"Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE\n\u003e Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos.\n\u003e Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available\n\u003e Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free.\"\n\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\n\n\n\n-- \nAndy Alness\nSoftware Engineer\nCoinbase\nSan Francisco, CA"}