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> Fixing (2) is easier; incorporating a ntp library and/or simply
> removing the bitcoin mining code from the client but requiring pools
> and miners to have accurate-to-within-a-minute system clocks (or their
> blocks will be "discouraged") seems reasonable to me.


Incorporating NTP seems overkill. Most OSes come with NTP support integrated
these days (even XP did?), there is no excuse to not be running it,
especially on a server.

If you want to
> produce blocks that the rest of the network will accept, run ntp on
> your system.
>

Requiring it for miners sounds very reasonable.

JS

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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
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Fixing (2) is easier; incorporating a ntp library and/or simply<br>
removing the bitcoin mining code from the client but requiring pools<br>
and miners to have accurate-to-within-a-minute system clocks (or their<br>
blocks will be &quot;discouraged&quot;) seems reasonable to me. </blockquot=
e><div>=A0<br>Incorporating NTP seems overkill. Most OSes come with NTP sup=
port integrated these days (even XP did?), there is no excuse to not be run=
ning it, especially on a server.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.=
8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">If you =
want to<br>
produce blocks that the rest of the network will accept, run ntp on<br>
your system.<br></blockquote><div><br>Requiring it for miners sounds very r=
easonable.<br><br>JS<br><br></div></div>

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