Re: [bitcoin-dev] RE : Visualizations of Votes

From: Chris Wardell <wardell.c@gmail•com>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] RE : Visualizations of Votes
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 14:28:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEieSeRHEEzqdZjNPq3wjb1PaZphM+v2cSPUVgH5eORgqedAeQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55D7E919.9080605@riseup.net>

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While I like the idea of voting on the block size debate...  Why is this
vote limited to miners only?

I would prefer to see a vote by owners/holders of bitcoin, not miners of
bitcoin.

If miners with 10%+ hashrate are the only ones who get to vote... bitcoin
development is an oligarchy

My 2cents

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:14 PM, odinn via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

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> This is great!! Thank you.
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> On 08/21/2015 06:24 AM, Christian Decker wrote:
> > I hacked together a simple tracking page for the 'block votes', it
> > currently includes the 8MB vote and XT, as well as the /BV\d+/ vote
> > for generic size: http://bitcoinstats.com/network/votes/
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 7:25 AM odinn via bitcoin-dev
> > <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org
> > <mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Nicolas,
> >
> > On 08/20/2015 08:49 PM, Nicolas Dorier via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> >>> A visualization I would like to see would include:
> >
> >>> pie graph(s) of what % are voting for (BIP 100, BIP 101, 8MB,
> >>> BIP sipa
> >> etc) based on what's published in blocks.
> >
> >> If such a vote existed, I would gladly show the pie on BIPxDevs.
> >> However there is no standard way for miners to vote informally
> >> BIP they support.
> >
> > What about formal votes? Is there a way to visually have them
> > appear in a pie chart as the votes become apparent in blocks?
> >
> > I appreciate good visualizations and am trying to get a (visual)
> > comparison of the votes on these competing proposals.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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