The Death of Bitcoin:http://tonyarcieri.com/the-death-of-bitcoin …
@taoeffect Bitcoin has exactly that problem (losing accepted writes/transactions in forks). At least SCP requires a quorum to accept a write
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@bascule Bitcoin does not have the problem I am describing at all. Bitcoin has a way of defining "truth", whereas SCP does not. -
@taoeffect Bitcoin loses acknowledged writes. From a CAP theoretic perspective, it sacrifices partition tolerance:http://codahale.com/you-cant-sacrifice-partition-tolerance/ … -
@bascule@darkuncle Is that surprising? Your link points out that all distributed systems have that property.pic.twitter.com/KL60Qx5J7l
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@taoeffect that's saying that to tolerate faulty networks (or faulty clients), systems *must* be partition tolerant. Bitcoin isn't. -
@bascule Ah you're right, sorry I misread your tweet. -
@bascule Re-reading your tweet, I'm not sure what exactly Bitcoin sacrifices. If a fork occurs, the whole system doesn't break... -
@taoeffect it loses acknowledged writes. From a distributed systems perspective, that counts as broken -
@bascule Well, fine, but I think that applies to every other system you described? - 5 more replies
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