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Ethereum Protocol Update 1 (blog.ethereum.org)

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[–]Semiel 3ポイント4ポイント  (12子コメント)

It works as follow: starting from block 200,000 (very roughly 17 days from now), the difficulty will undergo an exponential increase which will only become noticeable in about a year. At that point (just around the release of the Serenity milestone), we’ll see a significant increase in difficulty which will start pushing the block resolution time upwards.

Oh wow, the difficulty bomb is time-based? That scares me. What happens if PoS isn't ready at that point?

[–]avsaΞTHÐΞV - Alex van de Sande 6ポイント7ポイント  (5子コメント)

What happens if PoS isn't ready at that point?

It's a forced hard fork. If Casper isn't ready or is abandoned, then we could switch to a new PoW fork with other enhancements. I don't know, maybe forcing a large update yearly might be good for development? Bitcoin would have solved the block size debate years ago..

[–]therealdrowranger 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Periodical hardfork. Not such a dum idea.

[–]thehighfiveghostΞTHÐΞV - George Hallam 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I fully expect the core bitcoin devs to make a proposition to move to something similar.

[–]Semiel 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

What about all the arguments about "security over timeliness", though? The original release took ~4 months longer than anticipated. Putting a hard limit on the next release seems a bit brave to me.

[–]lumierr3 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

He just said if it's not ready (i.e. not secure enough)

we could switch to a new PoW fork with other enhancements.

It's actually good they put a timer for the hard fork:

1) PoS development will be prioritized

2) Miners have a been warned 16 months ahead to avoid panic and riots

3) No more two wooks bullshit - uncertainty affects prices!

[–]Semiel 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

"A new PoW fork with other enhancements" is still new code that will need careful analysis and testing. I'm worried they'll feel pressured to release something by a certain date, and in the process quality standards will slip.

[–]wil611 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

At least that should quiet the "infinite supply" of ether trolls.

[–]drcode 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Well, I hope you like "their blockchain is designed to self-destruct" trolls better :-)

[–]wil611 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

There is that!

[–]portabello75 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm pretty confident that the Ethereum devs will continue to shove trolls back under the bridge. This community is already friendlier, smarter and more humble than the Bitcoin equivalent and it's only been a week!

[–]drcode 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I agree it's scary, but personally I am glad they did this, because (1) POS is the future and (2) the "block limit" debate in Bitcoin has shown it is basically not possible to do a hard fork anymore without extreme measures.

(To answer your specific question: If POS isn't ready, it will now be possible to put in a temporary update that enforces a new deadline)

[–]Semiel 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I figured it was going to be "Vitalik and two henchmen have the keys to the bomb". That would have been fine with me, for the reasons you mention, but wouldn't have had the same problem of potentially forcing their hand before they're ready.