Re: [bitcoin-dev] How accurate are the Bitcoin timestamps?

2018-01-29 Thread George Balch via bitcoin-dev
The terms "simple ordering of blocks" and timestamp are essentially the same thing. On Jan 29, 2018 1:16 PM, "Neiman via bitcoin-dev" < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > First time posting here, please be gentle. > > I'm doing a research project about blockchain timestamping. There

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposal: rewarding fees to next block miner

2018-01-28 Thread George Balch via bitcoin-dev
If miners leave transactions out of a block they do pay a cost by not being rewarded those fees. If they include their own spam transactions to get back the fee they gain nothing. Since blocks can have fees resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars, it would seem unlikely that miners incur a