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authorVladimir Zaytsev <vladimir.zaytsev@gmail.com>2017-03-30 22:26:31 -0400
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+Can there be a minimum amount to put up for mining ? I hope i=E2=80=99m =
+not in violation with any ideology yet :)
+
+> On Mar 30, 2017, at 10:01 PM, Jared Lee Richardson =
+<jaredr26@gmail.com> wrote:
+>=20
+> That would be blockchain sharding.
+>=20
+> Would be amazing if someone could figure out how to do it trustlessly. =
+ So far I'm not convinced it is possible to resolve the conflicts =
+between the shards and commit transactions between shards.
+>=20
+> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Vladimir Zaytsev =
+<vladimir.zaytsev@gmail.com <mailto:vladimir.zaytsev@gmail.com>> wrote:
+> There must be a way to organize =E2=80=9Cbranches=E2=80=9D of smaller =
+activity to join main tree after they grow. Outsider a bit, I see going =
+circles here, but not everything must be accepted in the chain. Good =
+idea as it is, it=E2=80=99s just too early to record every sight=E2=80=A6.=
+
+>=20
+>=20
+>=20
+>> On Mar 30, 2017, at 5:52 PM, Jared Lee Richardson via bitcoin-dev =
+<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org =
+<mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
+>>=20
+>> > Further, we are very far from the point (in my appraisal) where =
+fees are high enough to block home users from using the network.
+>>=20
+>> This depends entirely on the usecase entirely. Most likely even =
+without a blocksize increase, home purchases will be large enough to fit =
+on the blocksize in the forseeable future. Microtransactions(<$0.25) on =
+the other hand aren't viable no matter what we try to do - There's just =
+too much data.
+>>=20
+>> Most likely, transaction fees above $1 per tx will become unappealing =
+for many consumers, and above $10 is likely to be niche-level. It is =
+hard to say with any certainty, but average credit card fees give us =
+some indications to work with - $1.2 on a $30 transaction, though paid =
+by the business and not the consumer.
+>>=20
+>> Without blocksize increases, fees higher than $1/tx are basically =
+inevitable, most likely before 2020. Running a node only costs =
+$10/month if that. If we were going to favor node operational costs =
+that highly in the weighting, we'd better have a pretty solid =
+justification with mathematical models or examples.
+>>=20
+>> > We should not throw away the core innovation of monetary =
+sovereignty in pursuit of supporting 0.1% of the world's daily =
+transactions.
+>>=20
+>> If we can easily have both, why not have both?
+>>=20
+>> An altcoin with both will take Bitcoin's monetary sovereignty crown =
+by default. No crown, no usecases, no Bitcoin.
+>>=20
+>>=20
+>=20
+>=20
+
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+<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
+charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
+-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
+class=3D"">Can there be a minimum amount to put up for mining ? I hope =
+i=E2=80=99m not in violation with any ideology yet :)<div class=3D""><br =
+class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On =
+Mar 30, 2017, at 10:01 PM, Jared Lee Richardson &lt;<a =
+href=3D"mailto:jaredr26@gmail.com" class=3D"">jaredr26@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
+wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
+dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">That would be blockchain sharding.<br =
+class=3D""><br class=3D"">Would be amazing if someone could figure out =
+how to do it trustlessly.&nbsp; So far I'm not convinced it is possible =
+to resolve the conflicts between the shards and commit transactions =
+between shards.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br class=3D""><div =
+class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Vladimir Zaytsev =
+<span dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">&lt;<a =
+href=3D"mailto:vladimir.zaytsev@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" =
+class=3D"">vladimir.zaytsev@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br =
+class=3D""><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
+.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
+style=3D"word-wrap:break-word" class=3D""><div class=3D"">There must be =
+a way to organize =E2=80=9Cbranches=E2=80=9D of smaller activity to join =
+main tree after they grow. Outsider a bit, I see going circles here, but =
+not everything must be accepted in the chain. Good idea as it is, it=E2=80=
+=99s just too early to record every sight=E2=80=A6.</div><span =
+class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br =
+class=3D""></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" =
+class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Mar 30, 2017, at 5:52 PM, Jared Lee =
+Richardson via bitcoin-dev &lt;<a =
+href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank" =
+class=3D"">bitcoin-dev@lists.<wbr class=3D"">linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; =
+wrote:</div><br =
+class=3D"m_1610363654403453300Apple-interchange-newline"><div =
+class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">&gt;&nbsp;<span =
+style=3D"font-size:12.8px" class=3D"">Further, we are very far from the =
+point (in my appraisal) where fees are high enough to block home users =
+from using the network.</span><div class=3D""><br class=3D"">This =
+depends entirely on the usecase entirely.&nbsp; Most likely even without =
+a blocksize increase, home purchases will be large enough to fit on the =
+blocksize in the forseeable future.&nbsp; Microtransactions(&lt;$0.25) =
+on the other hand aren't viable no matter what we try to do - There's =
+just too much data.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br =
+class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Most likely, transaction =
+fees above $1 per tx will become unappealing for many consumers, and =
+above $10 is likely to be niche-level.&nbsp; It is hard to say with any =
+certainty, but average credit card fees give us some indications to work =
+with - $1.2 on a $30 transaction, though paid by the business and not =
+the consumer.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Without blocksize increases, =
+fees higher than $1/tx are basically inevitable, most likely before =
+2020.&nbsp; Running a node only costs $10/month if that.&nbsp; If we =
+were going to favor node operational costs that highly in the weighting, =
+we'd better have a pretty solid justification with mathematical models =
+or examples.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br =
+class=3D"">&gt;&nbsp;<span style=3D"font-size:12.8px" class=3D"">We =
+should not throw away the core innovation of monetary sovereignty in =
+pursuit of supporting 0.1% of the world's daily transactions.<br =
+class=3D""></span><br class=3D"">If we can easily have both, why not =
+have both?<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">An altcoin with both will take =
+Bitcoin's monetary sovereignty crown by default.&nbsp; No crown, no =
+usecases, no Bitcoin.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br =
+class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br =
+class=3D""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br =
+class=3D""></span></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div>
+</div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>=
+
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