Awesome! I'm assuming this is it: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=156769.0
It would be interesting (at least to me) to take this a step further and offer UDP as a full TCP replacement capable of STUN-assisted NAT traversal and possibly swarmed blockchain syncs. It would require open TCP nodes to facilitate "connection" establishment. It is obviously a non-trivial amount of work but would be an interesting experiment. Maybe BitTorrent's µTP protocol could be leveraged. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Jeff Garzik <jgar...@bitpay.com> wrote: > Yes, i spec'd out the UDP traversal of the P2P protocol. It seems > reasonable especially for "inv" messages. > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Andy Alness <a...@coinbase.com> wrote: >> Has there ever been serious discussion on extending the protocol to >> support UDP transport? That would allow for NAT traversal and for many >> more people to run effective nodes. I'm also curious if it could be >> made improve block propagation time. >> >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Gmail <will.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Unlikely. I doubt any significant portion of miners in china will continue >>> to mine on a china-specific chain, since it will certainly be outmined by >>> non-Chinese miners, and will be orphaned eventually. >>> >>> More likely is that mining interests in china will make special >>> arrangements to circumvent the GFwOC. >>> >>> Users who can't access the worldwide blockchain will notice horrendously >>> slow confirmation times and other side effects. >>> >>>> On May 20, 2014, at 10:37, Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> >>>> >>>> Could a blockchain fork due to network split happen? >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> "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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andy Alness >> Software Engineer >> Coinbase >> San Francisco, CA >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> "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 > > > > -- > Jeff Garzik > Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist > BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/ -- Andy Alness Software Engineer Coinbase San Francisco, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "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
