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Off-topic: If you want to decentralize hashing, the best solution is =
probably to redesign p2pool to use DAGs. p2pool would be great except =
for the fact that the 30 sec share times are (a) long enough to cause =
significant reward variance for miners, but (b) short enough to cause =
hashrate loss from frequent switching on hardware that wasn't designed =
for it (e.g. Antminers, KNC) and (c) uneven rewards to different miners =
due to share orphan rates. DAGs can fix all of those issues. I had a =
talk with some medium-sized Chinese miners on Thursday in which I told =
them about p2pool, and I got the impression that they would prefer it =
over their existing pools due to the 0% fees and trustless design if the =
performance issues were fixed. If anybody is interested in helping with =
this work, ping me or Bob McElrath backchannel to be included in our =
conversation.
On Dec 14, 2015, at 8:32 PM, Adam Back <adam@cypherspace.org> wrote:
> The other thing which is not protocol related, is that companies can
> help themselves and help Bitcoin developers help them, by working to
> improve decentralisation with better configurations, more use of
> self-hosted and secured full nodes, and decentralisation of policy
> control over hashrate. That might even include buying a nominal (to a
> reasonably funded startup) amount of mining equipment. Or for power
> users to do more of that. Some developers are doing mining.
> Blockstream and some employees have a little bit of hashrate. If we
> could define some metrics and best practices and measure the
> improvements, that would maybe reduce miners concerns about
> centralisation risk and allow a bigger block faster, alongside the
> IBLT & weak block network protocol improvements.
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after-white-space;">Off-topic: If you want to decentralize hashing, the =
best solution is probably to redesign p2pool to use DAGs. p2pool would =
be great except for the fact that the 30 sec share times are (a) long =
enough to cause significant reward variance for miners, but (b) short =
enough to cause hashrate loss from frequent switching on hardware that =
wasn't designed for it (e.g. Antminers, KNC) and (c) uneven rewards to =
different miners due to share orphan rates. DAGs can fix all of those =
issues. I had a talk with some medium-sized Chinese miners on Thursday =
in which I told them about p2pool, and I got the impression that they =
would prefer it over their existing pools due to the 0% fees and =
trustless design if the performance issues were fixed. If anybody is =
interested in helping with this work, ping me or Bob McElrath =
backchannel to be included in our =
conversation.<div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 14, 2015, at =
8:32 PM, Adam Back <<a =
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mining.</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
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!important;">Blockstream and some employees have a little bit of =
hashrate. If we</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; =
font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; =
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normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
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start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: =
none; display: inline !important;">could define some metrics and best =
practices and measure the</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; =
font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; =
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0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
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start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
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none; display: inline !important;">improvements, that would maybe reduce =
miners concerns about</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; =
font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; =
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normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
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start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: =
none; display: inline !important;">centralisation risk and allow a =
bigger block faster, alongside the</span><br style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; =
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; =
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