Hector, I can only say 2 things in the brief time I have now: 1. There is a solution that I proposed for proving you own a copy of the block-chain. It's using aymmetric-time functions:
https://bitslog.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/proof-of-local-blockchain-storage/ 2. I'm finishing a paper on a transaction system (DAGCoin) which relies on proof-of-work per transactions, and no per blocks. Actually it has no blocks. This has been explored in the past, but I came up with some basic ideas that make this work a few months ago. I will forward a draft to you while at the same time I try to analyze your proposal. Or I may publish the draft altogether. Best regards, Sergio On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Tamas Blummer via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Jameson, > > I like your thinking about the implicit reward of full nodes. It was not > perceived as sufficient by many, hence full node counts were falling. > > This might reverse now as the implicit value of validating yourself > however becomes higher in a heterogenous environment, that is if there are > hard forks in the wild. > > Actually pooled mining became an option through the homogenous nature of > the network. > > Tamas Blummer > > On Aug 19, 2015, at 13:42, Jameson Lopp via bitcoin-dev < > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > The incentives for running a node may not be obvious to the average user, > but they are there. Rather than direct monetary incentives, they are > indirect. For one, it allows you to have a local copy of the blockchain > that you validated yourself - trustlessness is the entire point of this > system. Having local self-validated blockchain data is also essential for > any enterprise that needs to quickly access large volumes of it. The other > incentive is it supports the network. Users may feel that this is necessary > out of altruism or they may feel incentivized to protect their investments > in Bitcoin. > > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > >
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