Thank you for setting me straight. Please forgive my ignorance. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Pieter Wuille wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Frank F wrote: > > I strongly object to removing the only mechanism that allows anyone to > say > > that bitcoin is p2p, in the truest sense of the word. Moves like this > that > > favor only the pool operators and private mining interests are signs that > > bitcoin is headed towards a monopoly/cartel model, and that would be a > > tragic outcome for something that holds a great promise. Nobody knows > what > > mining will look like in the future, and denying the individual novice > the > > ability to mine at a small scale, even if we may think it is inefficient > > now, is not a good path to start down. > > > > If there are technical problems with getwork, maybe they should be > addressed > > and fixed instead of outright abandoned. > > They were addressed and fixed in a successor API, getblocktemplate. > It's even more decentralization-friendly, as it allows the caller to > see what transactions the daemon is trying to put into a block, and > even modify it. > > The suggestion here is not to remove functionality - only to remove an > obsolete API for doing so. > > -- > Pieter > -- *MONEY IS OVER!* IF YOU WANT IT ===================================================== The causes of my servitude can be traced to the tyranny of money. -Serj Tankian