> #Basic idea: > > Ideally, all miners would begin hashing the next block at exactly the same > time. Miners with a head start are more profitable, and the techniques that > help miners receive and validate blocks quickly create centralization > pressure. > > What if there was something that acted like the starting flag at a race, > which could suddenly wave and cause all of the miners to simultaneously > begin hashing the next block? > > #Implementation: > > Let a sync flag be a message consisting of: > > 1. Hash of the previous block. > 2. Bitcoin address > 3. Nonce > > This tiny message could propagate through the network at maximum speed. If > miners had to include the hash of this flag in the next block, then all > miners wait for this flag, and when it suddenly spread through the network, > all miners could simultaneously begin hashing the next block.
What you describe in this part of your message can be done with no forks whatsoever and I think that this is enough. Don't really see the reason for any change in funding. The idea of sending out a block header is essentially what I called "optimistic mining" and has been described in more detail in my blog here; http://zander.github.io/posts/Innovation%20-%20OnlineScaling/ The video explains with graphics too... You may find this interesting :) _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
