Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from <ryacko@gmail.com>) id 1Vuvun-0001a1-6Z for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 03:10:45 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.212.179 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.179; envelope-from=ryacko@gmail.com; helo=mail-wi0-f179.google.com; Received: from mail-wi0-f179.google.com ([209.85.212.179]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Vuvul-0003G2-Es for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 03:10:45 +0000 Received: by mail-wi0-f179.google.com with SMTP id z2so5743687wiv.12 for <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:10:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.189.49 with SMTP id gf17mr16752469wic.23.1387768237267; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:10:37 -0800 (PST) Sender: ryacko@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.188.6 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:10:37 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:10:37 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YzC5wHt3N-OBT6Gy1FwaUS1Moaw Message-ID: <CAO7N=i1_ZyGBAsOGdCvPwJNhARbe-MuWzi9MYLsa3WS_PO25hg@mail.gmail.com> From: Ryan Carboni <ryan.jc.pc@gmail.com> To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c33fd0d0221f04ee2af8fa X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (ryacko[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1Vuvul-0003G2-Es Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin difficulty sanity check suggestion X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: <bitcoin-development.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development> List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 03:10:45 -0000 --001a11c33fd0d0221f04ee2af8fa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I think Bitcoin should have a sanity check: after three days if only four blocks have been mined, difficulty should be adjusted downwards. This might become important in the near future. I project a Bitcoin mining bubble. --001a11c33fd0d0221f04ee2af8fa Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I think Bitcoin should have a sanity check: after three da= ys if only four blocks have been mined, difficulty should be adjusted downw= ards.<div><br></div><div>This might become important in the near future. I = project a Bitcoin mining bubble.</div> </div> --001a11c33fd0d0221f04ee2af8fa--