Re: [bitcoin-dev] Drivechain: BIP 300 and 301

2021-09-07 Thread ZmnSCPxj via bitcoin-dev
Good morning Prayank, > Thanks for sharing all the details. One thing that I am not sure about: > > > * We already ***know*** that blockchains cannot scale > > * Your plan for scaling is to make ***more*** blockchains? > > Scaling Bitcoin can be different from scaling Bitcoin sidechains. You can

[bitcoin-dev] BIP process meeting - Tuesday September 14th 23:00 UTC on #bitcoin-dev Libera IRC

2021-09-07 Thread Michael Folkson via bitcoin-dev
With a new BIP editor (Kalle Alm) in place and Taproot activation locked in it is probably/possibly as good time as any to revisit the BIP process and see if we can bolster it, improve it or at least inform why certain things operate the way they do. Hence two IRC meetings are being organized, one

[bitcoin-dev] Reorgs on SigNet - Looking for feedback on approach and parameters

2021-09-07 Thread 0xB10C via bitcoin-dev
Hello, tl;dr: We want to make reorgs on SigNet a reality and are looking for feedback on approach and parameters. One of the ideas for SigNet is the possibility for it to be reliably unreliable, for example, planned chain reorganizations. These have not been implemented yet. My summerofbitcoin.o

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Reorgs on SigNet - Looking for feedback on approach and parameters

2021-09-07 Thread Jeremy via bitcoin-dev
If you make the to be reorged flag 2 bits, 1 bit can mark final block and the other can mark to be reorged. That way the nodes opting into reorg can see the reorg and ignore the final blocks (until a certain time? Or until it's via a reorg?), and the nodes wanting not to see reorgs get continuous

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Braidpool: Proposal for a decentralised mining pool

2021-09-07 Thread ZmnSCPxj via bitcoin-dev
Good morning all, A thing I just realized about Braidpool is that the payout server is still a single central point-of-failure. Although the paper claims to use Tor hidden service to protect against DDoS attacks, its centrality still cannot protect against sheer accident. What happens if some c