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| author | Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com> | 2015-08-03 11:22:14 -0400 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2015-08-03 15:22:20 +0000 |
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[bitcoin-dev] Eli Dourado on "governance"
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charset=UTF-8 + +I haven't seen this excellent recent blog post by Eli Dourado referenced +here: + https://readplaintext.com/how-should-bitcoin-be-governed-680192fcd92b + +I agree with his conclusions: we need better communication/organization +mechanisms among 'stakeholders' and between the various factions +(developers, miners, merchants, exchanges, end-users). + +And the preliminary results of using a prediction market to try to wrestle +with the tough tradeoffs looks roughly correct to me, too: + https://blocksizedebate.com/ + +(my only big disagreement with those predictions is the 'Number of nodes' +-- I don't think replace-by-fee would affect that number, and I think even +with no change we will see the number of full nodes on the network drop to +a couple thousand, because the general-purpose-home-PC is headed the way of +the dodo: +http://www.businessinsider.com/pc-sales-plummet-in-q2-2015-gartner-idc-say-2015-7 +). + + +-- +-- +Gavin Andresen + +--001a11c2588ef475fe051c69bb5e +Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +<div dir=3D"ltr">I haven't seen this excellent recent blog post by Eli = +Dourado referenced here:<div>=C2=A0=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://readplaintext.c= +om/how-should-bitcoin-be-governed-680192fcd92b">https://readplaintext.com/h= +ow-should-bitcoin-be-governed-680192fcd92b</a></div><div><br></div><div>I a= +gree with his conclusions: we need better communication/organization mechan= +isms among 'stakeholders' and between the various factions (develop= +ers, miners, merchants, exchanges, end-users).</div><div><br></div><div>And= + the preliminary results of using a prediction market to try to wrestle wit= +h the tough tradeoffs looks roughly correct to me, too:</div><div>=C2=A0 = +=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://blocksizedebate.com/">https://blocksizedebate.com/= +</a><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div><div>(my only big disagreement with th= +ose predictions is the 'Number of nodes' -- I don't think repla= +ce-by-fee would affect that number, and I think even with no change we will= + see the number of full nodes on the network drop to a couple thousand, bec= +ause the general-purpose-home-PC is headed the way of the dodo: <a href=3D"= +http://www.businessinsider.com/pc-sales-plummet-in-q2-2015-gartner-idc-say-= +2015-7">http://www.businessinsider.com/pc-sales-plummet-in-q2-2015-gartner-= +idc-say-2015-7</a> ).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class= +=3D"gmail_signature">--<br>Gavin Andresen<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_sign= +ature"><br></div> +</div></div> + +--001a11c2588ef475fe051c69bb5e-- + |