📅 Original date posted:2015-05-31 📝 Original message:On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Ricardo Filipe <ricardojdfilipe at gmail.com> wrote: > 2015-06-01 0:40 GMT+01:00 Pindar Wong <pindar.wong at gmail.com>: > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Ricardo Filipe < > ricardojdfilipe at gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> He also said that the equation for miners has many variables, as it > >> should. There is no disadvantage if the network speed is the same > >> between the miners. > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Is that an assumption? > no, let me rephrase: The disadvantage alex refers to only exists if > miners do not have the same network speed. > > > > >> If there is a difference in network speed, the > >> miner is incentivized to invest in their network infrastructure. > > > > > > Perhaps it's best not to assume that investing in Internet network > > infrastructure's a free or open market everywhere. > Just like easy ASIC access, low price electricity, etc are not a free > and open market. > -- point well made and taken. p. > > > > > p. > > > >> > >> > >> 2015-05-31 23:55 GMT+01:00 Alex Mizrahi <alex.mizrahi at gmail.com>: > >> >> Yes, if you are on a slow network then you are at a (slight) > >> >> disadvantage. > >> >> So? > >> > > >> > > >> > Chun mentioned that his pool is on a slow network, and thus bigger > >> > blocks > >> > give it an disadvantage. (Orphan rate is proportional to block size.) > >> > You said that no, on contrary those who make big blocks have a > >> > disadvantage. > >> > And now you say that yes, this disadvantage exist. > >> > > >> > Did you just lie to Chun? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Bitcoin-development mailing list > >> > Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net > >> > lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > >> > > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bitcoin-development mailing list > >> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net > >> lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20150601/80dd82e6/attachment.html>