On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 06:51:02PM +0200, Pieter Wuille wrote: > The configuration used in the code right now simulates two groups of miners > (one 80%=25%+25%+30%, one 20%=5%+5%+5%+5%), which are well-connected > internally, but are only connected to each other through a slow 2 Mbit/s > link. > > Here are some results. > > This shows how the group of smaller miners loses around 8% of their > relative income (if they create larger blocks, their loss percentage goes > up slightly further):
To be clear, when you say 8% of their income, you mean revenue, not profit? Actual profit margins of something like 5%-10% are likely, so that's an enormous hit that could make their mining operation completely non-viable. -- 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org 0000000000000000127ab1d576dc851f374424f1269c4700ccaba2c42d97e778
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