[Cryptography] On the 'regulation proof' aspect of Bitcoin

Alfie John alfie at alfie.wtf
Thu Mar 31 08:58:28 EDT 2016


On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 01:21:15PM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Tamzen Cannoy <tamzen at cannoy.org> wrote:
> Bitcoin is at least two different things, it is a mechanism for
> assigning value and it is a mechanism for transferring value between
> parties.
> 
> I would like to be able to make use of a BitCoin like transfer scheme
> without the mining bit. I don't think that is actually necessary to
> maintain the integrity of the chain.

Without mining, what you're talking about is simple data replication. You might
want to have a look at the the BitTorrent protocol, or even rsync.

Alfie

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