@alness Here I'm just talking about the Bitcoin network. But the diversity & division-of-labor gains from having many blockchains good too.
Diversity and mutual independence of full nodes help make Bitcoin more reliable and secure https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/ pic.twitter.com/npopsmJLob
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@NickSzabo4 Need to get#Guatemala on the map. Will do.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Nick, may I ask what do you think about BIP148?
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@NickSzabo4 Satoshi, what do you think about the block size increasing? It can make the network more centralized and weak or is this a myth? -
It all depends on how big but as a node operator, i don't see a problem currently with blocks up to 8MB. Potentially cld go higher in future
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@pierebel what does refined mean in this context? Lacking functionality?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pierebel in many aspects the btcd implementation is better than the original. Node, wallet and UI are separate projects.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@pierebel optimizations will make it better of course. differences between a 2yr old project vs 6yr old. Also 10s of developers vs handfulThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Is it possible, outside of the short term, that full nodes could run on newer machines developed to be cheap but still future-proof?
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Did we lose any caribbean nodes?
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is it me or the real IPs of full nodes is a risk to be shown? i have limited my connection to 8 to avoid this! what do you think guys?
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