{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1k2eekmevs6gg60df75qpjw4a2atmy89vx28c8zqq5jxy64tuzrws39qd6m","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1k2eekmevs6gg60df75qpjw4a2atmy89vx28c8zqq5jxy64tuzrws39qd6m","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2014-04-23\n📝 Original message:-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----\nHash: SHA1\n\nOn 04/23/2014 03:07 PM, Mike Hearn wrote:\n\u003e On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Justus Ranvier\n\u003e \u003cjustusranvier at gmail.com\u003ewrote:\n\u003e \n\u003e\u003e If enough miners don't like a block that has been mined, they can\n\u003e\u003e all work to orphan it without any change to the protocol\n\u003e\u003e whatsoever.\n\u003e\u003e \n\u003e \n\u003e As was already pointed out, yes. However this requires them to\n\u003e immediate establish a majority consensus and be absolutely sure it\n\u003e really is the majority. You suggest an out of band mechanism for\n\u003e that, but why is this better than using the actual consensus\n\u003e mechanism you're trying to measure?\n\u003e \n\u003e \n\u003e\u003e Once you've changed the network such that it is no longer a\n\u003e\u003e machine that faithfully processes scripts\n\u003e \n\u003e \n\u003e Bitcoin imposes far more rules than just execution of the\n\u003e scripting language, many of which are entirely arbitrary and the\n\u003e result of (controversial) human judgement, like the inflation\n\u003e schedule. You can't claim Bitcoin implements only some kind of\n\u003e natural law.\n\u003e \n\nI've formulated my replies to you and this proposal in a more public\nvenue, where such discussions of existential changes to the protocol\nmore rightfully belong:\n\nhttp://bitcoinism.blogspot.com/2014/04/dirty-deals-in-smoke-filled-rooms.html\n\n- -- \nSupport online privacy by using email encryption whenever possible.\nLearn how here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakOKJFtB-k\n-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----\nVersion: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux)\nComment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/\n\niQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTV/Y0AAoJECoisBQbQ4v08NcH/RfkaBAcS5eAKmwePqFuqIUN\nxJKyIWo+tyY1vPYgArCVNsYr3YM8Wc5fkpqLNxCaM7S0/UmO8YaOdiD7XJyl7bF9\nxAveyRt1mfHhx9x6hnPLYbe8WKqtjssSt6MglN8OXtf0EDO+eIxPj6Ya8OZ5YJrL\nN8SMHaDs2J+qy3Qfec9keE5dyhYLNRC6PjYPVvrRAyqFSjt/8r4Z2a4r0oqvv3Yt\nmYU1Tx+WoXMKXWY/Dwql1NLbuspZsOhPx/ncROZ5KVryCdrcW/GEIEQ6P0AIdHvT\nTKYJzh1bdRDYDmVS5z8nUG6waxJwuWPStQo7UYdg26daRUw5qPzjO9SMLLFZPCU=\n=OOck\n-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----\n-------------- next part --------------\nA non-text attachment was scrubbed...\nName: 0x1B438BF4.asc\nType: application/pgp-keys\nSize: 21191 bytes\nDesc: not available\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20140423/4c0947ef/attachment.bin\u003e"}