On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Peter Todd <p...@petertodd.org> wrote: > Of course we quickly rejected the idea of depending solely on a > communications backchannel to retrieve funds. Any communications medium > that isn't the blockchain makes the payment non-atomic, and thus creates > opportunities for it to fail.
This is extremely simple-minded logic that encourages ephemeral, junk data in the blockchain. Not a scalable approach. The implication is to put the communications medium in the blockchain itself, which is wrong. -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
