To: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>, Timo Hanke <timo.hanke@web.de>
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Alternatively scenario: it will cause a sudden increase of Bitcoin mines
in countries where the algorithm is not patented, possibly causing a
geographical decentralization of miners from countries that already have
a lot of miners like China (if it is patented in China).

On 01/04/16 10:00, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 09:41:40PM -0700, Timo Hanke via bitcoin-dev wr=
ote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'd like to announce a white paper that describes a very new and
>> significant algorithmic improvement to the Bitcoin mining process whic=
h has
>> never been discussed in public before. The white paper can be found he=
re:
>>
>> http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Timo.Hanke/AsicBoostWhitepaperrev5.pdf=

> What steps are you going to take to make sure that this improvement is
> available to all ASIC designers/mfgs on a equal opportunity basis?
>
> The fact that you've chosen to patent this improvement could be a
> centralization concern depending on the licensing model used. For examp=
le, one
> could imagine a licensing model that gave one manufacture exclusive rig=
hts.
>
>
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    Alternatively scenario: it will cause a sudden increase of Bitcoin
    mines in countries where the algorithm is not patented, possibly
    causing a geographical decentralization of miners from countries
    that already have a lot of miners like China (if it is patented in
    China).<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/04/16 10:00, Peter Todd via
      bitcoin-dev wrote:<br>
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      <pre wrap="">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 09:41:40PM -0700, Timo Hanke via bitcoin-dev wrote:
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        <pre wrap="">Hi.

I'd like to announce a white paper that describes a very new and
significant algorithmic improvement to the Bitcoin mining process which has
never been discussed in public before. The white paper can be found here:

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Timo.Hanke/AsicBoostWhitepaperrev5.pdf">http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Timo.Hanke/AsicBoostWhitepaperrev5.pdf</a>
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What steps are you going to take to make sure that this improvement is
available to all ASIC designers/mfgs on a equal opportunity basis?

The fact that you've chosen to patent this improvement could be a
centralization concern depending on the licensing model used. For example, one
could imagine a licensing model that gave one manufacture exclusive rights.

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