Re: [bitcoin-dev] On a new community process to specify covenants

2022-09-17 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 9:18 PM Antoine Riard via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi Buck, > [...] > > I would vote against Slack. IRC is probably the best but maybe too high a > barrier to entry? Publishing logs at least would counter concerns of it > being

Re: [bitcoin-dev] On a new community process to specify covenants

2022-09-15 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 6:03 PM Ryan Grant via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 2:47 AM Buck O Perley via bitcoin-dev > First just wanted to thank you > for taking the initiative to > > put this together. I think that as the community and > >

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Advancing the security of Neutrino using minimally trusted oracles

2022-02-10 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
This would be very useful for the Validating Lightning Signer project, since we need to prove to a non-network connected signer that a UTXO has not been spent. It allows the signer to make sure the channel is still active. ( the related design doc is at

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposal: Low Energy Bitcoin PoW

2021-05-18 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:47 PM ZmnSCPxj: > > When considering any new proof-of-foo, it is best to consider all effects > until you reach the base physics of the arrow of time, at which point you > will realize it is ultimately just another proof-of-work anyway. > Let's not simplify away

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Gradual transition to an alternate proof without a hard fork.

2021-04-17 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
Hi Erik, Here's a scheme I posted here a few years ago, which smoothly transitions using geometric mean chain weight / difficulty: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017-November/015236.html On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 11:08 PM Erik Aronesty via bitcoin-dev <

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Hardware wallets and "advanced" Bitcoin features

2021-01-16 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
Dear ZmnSCPxj, On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 4:28 PM ZmnSCPxj via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > The primary issue here is that we have a base assumption that the hardware > wallet cannot be sophisticated enough to have Internet access; "do not > enter seed words on an

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Card Shuffle To Bitcoin Seed

2019-02-04 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
I would suggest 50+ 6-sided dice rolls, giving about 128 bits of entropy. Compared to a shuffle, it's easier to be sure that you got the right amount of entropy, even if the dice are somewhat biased. On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:33 PM James MacWhyte via bitcoin-dev <

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Multi party Schnorr Rust implementation

2018-11-27 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
Hi Omer, Are there any candidates for non-interactive threshold signatures? Interactive signatures are not very suitable for air-gapped use cases. On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 11:18 AM Omer Shlomovits via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am working for

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Introducing a POW through a soft-fork

2017-11-06 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
"Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev" < > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 05:48:27AM +, Devrandom via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> >> Some quick thoughts... >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Feedback is welcome on

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Introducing a POW through a soft-fork

2017-11-06 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
> > Note how you're basically proposing for the block interval to be decreased, >> which has security implications due to increased orphan rates. >> > > Note that the total transaction rate and block size don't materially > change, so I don't > see why the orphan rate will change. Normal blocks

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Introducing a POW through a soft-fork

2017-11-02 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
t; -- > Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with > the NSA. > > On Oct 31, 2017, at 10:48 PM, Devrandom via bitcoin-dev < > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Feedback is welcome on the draft below.

[bitcoin-dev] Introducing a POW through a soft-fork

2017-11-02 Thread Devrandom via bitcoin-dev
Hi all, Feedback is welcome on the draft below. In particular, I want to see if there is interest in further development of the idea and also interested in any attack vectors or undesirable dynamics. (Formatted version available here: