Re: [bitcoin-dev] Superluminal communication and the consensus block size limit

2015-08-05 Thread Tom Harding via bitcoin-dev
On 8/5/2015 4:24 PM, Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev wrote: Miner A is able to process 100 M tx/block while miner B is only able to process 10 M tx/block. B needs to sell ASICs and buy 90 M tx worth of CPU. Or, if you cap blocksize at 10 M tx, than A needs to sell the exact same amount of CPU

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Superluminal communication and the consensus block size limit

2015-08-05 Thread Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 1:51 AM, Gavin Andresen gavinandre...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Jorge Timón bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org wrote: Miner A is able to process 100 M tx/block while miner B is only able to process 10 M tx/block. Will miner B be able to

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Superluminal communication and the consensus block size limit

2015-08-05 Thread Gavin Andresen via bitcoin-dev
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Jorge Timón bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org wrote: Miner A is able to process 100 M tx/block while miner B is only able to process 10 M tx/block. Will miner B be able to maintain itself competitive against miner B? The answer is: it depends on the