On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Frank F <frank...@gmail.com> wrote: > I strongly object to removing the only mechanism that allows anyone to say > that bitcoin is p2p, in the truest sense of the word. Moves like this that > favor only the pool operators and private mining interests are signs that > bitcoin is headed towards a monopoly/cartel model, and that would be a > tragic outcome for something that holds a great promise. Nobody knows what > mining will look like in the future, and denying the individual novice the > ability to mine at a small scale, even if we may think it is inefficient > now, is not a good path to start down. > > If there are technical problems with getwork, maybe they should be addressed > and fixed instead of outright abandoned.
They were addressed and fixed in a successor API, getblocktemplate. It's even more decentralization-friendly, as it allows the caller to see what transactions the daemon is trying to put into a block, and even modify it. The suggestion here is not to remove functionality - only to remove an obsolete API for doing so. -- Pieter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
