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Again I see little difference between one central regulator and 10 major players. It is not a peering network.
Heck I gues even 10 players won't last for long. It somehow always goes to two entities. Republicans vs democrats Intel vs amd iOS vs android Coca cola vs pepsi Paper or plastic Ok this is offtopic. I'm going to stop here. Over time this may be the large problem. ASICMINER may become rouge itself. I see little difference between central bank and dozen mining companies. Especially if half of them will be in one country. Over time, AM will not be able to hold 51% :-) .b
Over time this may be the large problem. ASICMINER may become rouge itself.
I see little difference between central bank and dozen mining companies. Especially if half of them will be in one country. Regarding ASICMINER, 10% of hashing power is a very high share for me. If we end up with few players that constitute 51% of hashing power, that would be a threat to stability of the system, thus reducing it's trustworthiness. I understand that having 10% rather than 1% is more profitable, but it may ultimately hurt the whole bitcoin ecosystem. Over time, this will be a minor problem as technology becomes more available and shared across a larger user base. In the short term, it can even be beneficial to the credibility that there are a few major players that increase the total hashrate by such an amount, thus making the network more resiliant to a rouge entity wishing to attack. Right now, we know there exists enough hashing power to take over Bitcoin; with AM, Avalon, BFL, 100TH, and others adding network power, that becomes less likely. .b
Regarding ASICMINER, 10% of hashing power is a very high share for me. If we end up with few players that constitute 51% of hashing power, that would be a threat to stability of the system, thus reducing it's trustworthiness.
I understand that having 10% rather than 1% is more profitable, but it may ultimately hurt the whole bitcoin ecosystem. But will it matter? You have the chance to earn more or less in a week, but mostly its an average. Because it is more or less you wont lose anything in the long run. Of course you can earn less in the first week and more in the next week when the difficulty raised but it can be the opposite way too, so i dont see that this is a big problem. It matters for someone. Consider your employer pays you either $200 or $300 this week depending on pure luck. Somebody would not take that risk(for ex. he has a loan to pay). Risk alleviating instruments cost real money. Wages are fixed because most persons give away their complete wage each month for fixed costs and so on. But the AM-Dividend cant be foreseen. At least i had to learn this when i tried to get a loan. It didnt happen and it was good this way because the dividends dropped down lower than i thought. So it wouldnt make much difference in this case i believe. Seems I was misunderstood. "Wages" was an example to illustrate my point that profit variance is a bad thing. It may be not "a big problem" but It may as well be depending on circumstances. Thus sometimes it is better to have lower but more reliable profit. That is purely accademical statement. All true statements, but if I had low monthly expenses and guaranteed employment for 20 years I would still take 'between $2500-$5k a month' over 'Always $3k' and just suck up the months when I make $2800. It's all about your capital requirements and long term profit margin. But will it matter? You have the chance to earn more or less in a week, but mostly its an average. Because it is more or less you wont lose anything in the long run. Of course you can earn less in the first week and more in the next week when the difficulty raised but it can be the opposite way too, so i dont see that this is a big problem. It matters for someone. Consider your employer pays you either $200 or $300 this week depending on pure luck. Somebody would not take that risk(for ex. he has a loan to pay). Risk alleviating instruments cost real money. Wages are fixed because most persons give away their complete wage each month for fixed costs and so on. But the AM-Dividend cant be foreseen. At least i had to learn this when i tried to get a loan. It didnt happen and it was good this way because the dividends dropped down lower than i thought. So it wouldnt make much difference in this case i believe. Seems I was misunderstood. "Wages" was an example to illustrate my point that profit variance is a bad thing. It may be not "a big problem" but It may as well be depending on circumstances. Thus sometimes it is better to have lower but more reliable profit. That is purely accademical statement. Why are we even discussing this? Pool with 5TH/s hashrate (and less) have minimal to no effect on AM's variance (when AM will have 15TH/s). Not talking about variance. Talking about increasing profits. Edit: I agree, variance will be a non issue if on a pool or not. Profits.... ^^^ Jump to:
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