Fwiw, Coinbase relies on the current first-seen mempool behaviour. Wide adoption of RBF (without a suitable replacement available) would make it extremely difficult to pitch bitcoin as a viable alternative to credit cards payments to large merchants.
Adrian > On Mar 28, 2015, at 7:22 AM, Peter Todd <p...@petertodd.org> wrote: > > Signed PGP part > Would you so us all a favor and make a list of companies *actually* relying > on "first-seen" mempool behaviour. Because I've been having a hard time > actually finding anyone who does who hasn't given up on it. Not very useful > to talk about attacks against hypothetical defences. > > On 28 March 2015 09:58:53 GMT-04:00, Mike Hearn <m...@plan99.net> wrote: > >I've written a couple of blog posts on replace by fee and double > >spending > >mitigations. They sum up the last few years (!) worth of discussions on > >this list and elsewhere, from my own perspective. > > > >I make no claim to be comprehensive or unbiased but I keep being asked > >about these topics so figured I'd just write up my thoughts once so I > >can > >send links instead of answers :) And then so can anyone who happens to > >agree. > > > >(1) Replace by fee scorched earth, a counter argument: > > > >https://medium.com/@octskyward/replace-by-fee-43edd9a1dd6d > > > >This article lays out the case against RBF-SE and argues it is harmful > >to > >Bitcoin. > > > >(2) Double spending and how to make it harder: > > > >https://medium.com/@octskyward/double-spending-in-bitcoin-be0f1d1e8008 > > > >This article summarises a couple of double spending incidents against > >merchants and then discusses the following techniques: > > > > 1. Risk analysis of transactions > > 2. Payment channels > > 3. Countersigning by a trusted third party > > 4. Remote attestation > > 5. ID verification > > 6. Waiting for confirmations > > 7. Punishment of double spending blocks > > > >I hope the material is useful / interesting. > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, > >sponsored > >by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub > >for all > >things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership > >blogs to > >news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join > >the > >conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Bitcoin-development mailing list > >Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
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