Mike, Can you be more specific? You reference "original design" without saying how it was different/better. On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Mike Hearn wrote: > A limitation on most existing micropayment channel ideas is that payments >> can only flow in one direction. >> > > It's worth noting that the original protocol as designed by Satoshi did > not have this limitation. It has evolved this way because of ad-hoc DoS > fixes over time (btw I'm not saying they were the wrong thing to do, as non > "ad hoc" solutions are significantly more work). But it seems like > eventually a different approach to handling DoS attacks based on resource > prioritisation and scheduling will become needed / implemented, and at that > point the original design could be safely brought back to life. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is > your > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > > -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/