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moneromooo-monero
b8787f4302
ArticMine's new block weight algorithm
This curbs runaway growth while still allowing substantial
spikes in block weight

Original specification from ArticMine:

here is the scaling proposal
Define: LongTermBlockWeight
Before fork:
LongTermBlockWeight = BlockWeight
At or after fork:
LongTermBlockWeight = min(BlockWeight, 1.4*LongTermEffectiveMedianBlockWeight)
Note: To avoid possible consensus issues over rounding the LongTermBlockWeight for a given block should be calculated to the nearest byte, and stored as a integer in the block itself. The stored LongTermBlockWeight is then used for future calculations of the LongTermEffectiveMedianBlockWeight and not recalculated each time.
Define:   LongTermEffectiveMedianBlockWeight
LongTermEffectiveMedianBlockWeight = max(300000, MedianOverPrevious100000Blocks(LongTermBlockWeight))
Change Definition of EffectiveMedianBlockWeight
From (current definition)
EffectiveMedianBlockWeight  = max(300000, MedianOverPrevious100Blocks(BlockWeight))
To (proposed definition)
EffectiveMedianBlockWeight  = min(max(300000, MedianOverPrevious100Blocks(BlockWeight)), 50*LongTermEffectiveMedianBlockWeight)
Notes:
1) There are no other changes to the existing penalty formula, median calculation, fees etc.
2) There is the requirement to store the LongTermBlockWeight of a block unencrypted in the block itself. This  is to avoid possible consensus issues over rounding and also to prevent the calculations from becoming unwieldy as we move away from the fork.
3) When the  EffectiveMedianBlockWeight cap is reached it is still possible to mine blocks up to 2x the EffectiveMedianBlockWeight by paying the corresponding penalty.

Note: the long term block weight is stored in the database, but not in the actual block itself,
since it requires recalculating anyway for verification.
2019-03-04 09:33:58 +00:00
xmr-eric
18216f19dd Update 2018 copyright 2018-01-26 10:03:20 -05:00
Riccardo Spagni
c3599fa7b9
update copyright year, fix occasional lack of newline at line end 2017-02-21 19:38:18 +02:00
moneromooo-monero
f782d45827
tests: hard fork list must end with a 0 2016-08-28 21:30:29 +01:00
moneromooo-monero
9ef8c7b694
tests: fix tests broken by the removal of the block reward accumulation loop
The tests for rejection of unmixable outputs in v2 are commented out,
as there are no unmixable outputs created anymore. This should be
restored at some point.
2016-05-01 20:59:41 +01:00
moneromooo-monero
c7cfc764c4
Add the new test files
Forgot to add them before commit
2016-02-13 17:59:25 +00:00