Re:CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum
by DennisP on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:51PM
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Ethereum didn't just shorten block times, it uses a variant of the GHOST algorithm, which as originally proposed for Bitcoin as a way to speed up blocks and increase throughput while maintaining good decentralization and security.
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Re:CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum
by Jd on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:09PM
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Thanks for understanding me. Unfortunately my original comment seems to have been massively downvoted by uninformed HN readers.
Re:CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum
by etr-strike on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:42PM
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Sure, uncle blocks help increase the weight of the chain but are also wasted blobs of data forever taking up space on the blockchain. They serve no value other than to make the PoW weighting heavier.