Eric Martindale martindale

Moved to https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0105.mediawiki

(That's my attempt to understand what problem Impulse solves and how. I am not a designer/developer of this scheme.)

Problem

Regular Bitcoin transactions are not guaranteed until mined sufficiently deep in the blockchain. Unconfirmed transactions can be observed nearly instantly, but they cannot be trusted (could drop out because of insufficient fees, or double-spent).

Impulse Overview

The following is a partial annotated bibliography of SNI Mempool, building the case for why Bitcoin will displace all competing currencies, including altcoins, fiat money, and precious metals:

In terms of monetary policy, Bitcoin is the greatest money the world has ever seen.

"End the Fed: Hoard Bitcoins" by Pierre Rochard
"Fractional Reserve Banking is Obsolete" by Pierre Rochard
"The Bitcoin Central Bank's Perfect Monetary Policy" by Pierre Rochard

Unsurprisingly, Bitcoin has gained substantial popularity, and there is no reason to believe it will not continue to grow. This growth is not merely a bubble.

"Why Bitcoin Will Continue to Grow" by Daniel Krawisz
["How We Know Bitcoin is Not a

Extensible Scalable Coopetitive High Availability Trade Optimization Network: ESCHATON

I am the Eschaton; I am not your God.

I am descended from you, and exist in your future.

Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else.

Singularity Sky by Charles Stross

	'''
	INITIAL IDEA:
	Just to illustrate idea on how I believe the maximum block size should be determined.

	My idea stems from a simple scalability metric that affects real users and the desire to use Bitcoin:
	Waiting times to get your transactions confirmed on the blockchain.
	Anything past 45mins-1 hour should be unnacceptable.

	Initially I wanted to measure the mean time for the transactions in blocks to go from being sent by the user
	(initial broadcast into mempools) until the transaction was effectively

	# wiki page
	https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contract

	# Nick Szabo essays
	http://szabo.best.vwh.net/smart_contracts_idea.html
	http://szabo.best.vwh.net/smart.contracts.html
	http://szabo.best.vwh.net/micropayments.html

	# secure multiparty computation in bitcoin
	https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/784.pdf

	OP_DEPTH 3 OP_EQUAL
	OP_IF
	OP_HASH160 <hash160(R)> OP_EQUALVERIFY
	OP_0 2 <AlicePubkey1> <BobPubkey1> 2 OP_CHECKMULTISIG
	OP_ELSE
	OP_0 2 <AlicePubkey2> <BobPubkey2> 2 OP_CHECKMULTISIG
	OP_END

	# Manually download each month's call history from t-mobile.com and toss them in
	# a directory. Or do it automatically using computers, who cares.
	#
	# Install spark: https://github.com/holman/spark

	cat * \| grep 266-2278 \| sort \| cut -d, -f5 \| spark
	# ▂█▁▃▅

	echo "fuck comcastttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt"
	# ⒻⓊⒸⓀ ⒸⓄⓂⒸⒶⓈⓉ

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# Colours picked from https://robinpowered.com/blog/best-practice-system-for-organizing-and-tagging-github-issues/

	###
	# Label definitions
	###
	declare -A LABELS

	# Platform

	* {
	font-size: 12pt;
	font-family: monospace;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-style: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: black;
	cursor: default;
	}