[bitcoin-dev] RFC: Sandboxed Bitcoin network ?

2017-06-21 Thread Gabriel L. Somlo via bitcoin-dev
I've been looking for a way to set up a self-contained, sandboxed network of Bitcoin peer nodes, for testing and experimentation. Think a bunch of networked VMs, or containers inside a network simulator like GNS3 (http://gns3.com) or CORE (http://github.com/coreemu/core). Neither 'main' nor

[bitcoin-dev] Freeze Bitcoin protocol and call it Bitcoin 1

2017-06-21 Thread Lucas Clemente Vella via bitcoin-dev
Is it too late to propose to freeze Bitcoin protocol as it is today (no SegWit, no bigger block)? Hear me out: assume Bitcoin is frozen as it is now: no more forks, no more change in consensus rules. Call it Bitcoin 1 (BC1). So, how to evolve and scale Bitcoin? Use a very conservative sidechain,

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Miners forced to run non-core code in order to get segwit activated

2017-06-21 Thread Jacob Eliosoff via bitcoin-dev
Well, this Saturday's "Chinese roundtable" statement from a bunch of miners (https://pastebin.com/b3St9VCF) says they intend "NYA" in the coinbase as support for "the New York consensus SegWit2x program btc1 ( https://github.com/btc1)", whose code includes the (accelerated 336-block) BIP 91

[bitcoin-dev] BIP Idea : DDoS resistance via decentrilized proof-of-work

2017-06-21 Thread Ilya Eriklintsev via bitcoin-dev
Hello everyone, recently I have got an idea that in my opinion will improve bitcoin network, making it better store-of-value for growing cyberspace and cryptoeconomy. Sorry for longread below and thank you for your time. *Decentralized proof-of-work and DDoS resistance for Bitcoin* *Abstract*