Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VeRMq-00061i-Up for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:19:32 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.223.174 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.223.174; envelope-from=pieter.wuille@gmail.com; helo=mail-ie0-f174.google.com; Received: from mail-ie0-f174.google.com ([209.85.223.174]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1VeRMn-0001cU-OU for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:19:32 +0000 Received: by mail-ie0-f174.google.com with SMTP id qd12so1023031ieb.33 for ; Thu, 07 Nov 2013 07:19:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.189.132 with SMTP id de4mr5537969icb.35.1383837564170; Thu, 07 Nov 2013 07:19:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.50.141.136 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Nov 2013 07:19:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <527B9F9B.4060808@ceptacle.com> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 16:19:24 +0100 Message-ID: From: Pieter Wuille To: Michael Gronager Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) 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 (pieter.wuille[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -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: 1VeRMn-0001cU-OU Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] On the optimal block size and why transaction fees are 8 times too low (or transactions 8 times too big) X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:19:33 -0000 Correcting myself: On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Pieter Wuille wrote: > I believe that C. Decker's paper used measurements for propagation > delays for blocks 180000-190000, which happened between may and juli > 2012. The latest bitcoind/bitcoin-qt release at the time was 0.6.3. They did use data from blocks 20000-210000, september-november 2012. That was still before the 0.8 release, however. -- Pieter