<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 May 2013 15:23, Adam Back <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adam@cypherspace.org" target="_blank">adam@cypherspace.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is there a way to experiment with new features - eg committed coins - that<br>
doesnt involve an altcoin in the conventional sense, and also doesnt impose<br>
a big testing burden on bitcoin main which is a security and testing risk?<br>
<br>
eg lets say some form of merged mine where an alt-coin lets call it<br>
bitcoin-staging? where the coins are the same coins as on bitcoin, the<br>
mining power goes to bitcoin main, so some aspect of merged mining, but no<br>
native mining. and ability to use bitcoins by locking them on bitcoin to<br>
move them to bitcoin-staging and vice versa (ie exchange them 1:1<br>
cryptographically, no exchange).<br>
<br>
Did anyone figure anything like that out? Seems vaguely doable and<br>
maybe productive. The only people with coins at risk of defects in a new<br>
feature, or insufficiently well tested novel feature are people with coins<br>
on bitcoin-staging.<br>
<br>
Yes I know about bitcoin-test this is not it. I mean a real live system,<br>
with live value, but that is intentionally wanting to avoid forking bitcoins<br>
parameters, nor value, nor mindshare dillution. In this way something<br>
potentially interesting could move forward faster, and be les risky to the<br>
main bitcoin network. eg particularly defenses against<br>
<br>
It might also be a more real world test test (after bitcoin-test) because<br>
some parameters are different on test, and some issues may not manifest<br>
without more real activity.<br>
<br>
Then also bitcoin could cherry pick interesting patches and merge them after<br>
extensive real-world validation with real-money at stake (by early<br>
adopters).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Interesting idea. I wonder if ripple could be used to set up a transfer system between the 'main' and 'staging' systems ...<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Adam<br>
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