Quote from: Zahlen on February 10, 2014, 03:38:54 AM

Thanks for the comments everyone.

But instead of having everyone else scroll past this o(n^2) collection of quote pyraminds (from original post, through each reply) to get through the thread, we could have an O(n) discussion in the wiki Discussion page instead. Wink

I've moved the convo over and added my reply: http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_Proposals . See how much cleaner this is than ever-growing quote pyramids? Take a look at this and this for some idea of how a longer convo can look like and be managed.

Wikipedians have been used to (semi-)decentralized organization and article editing for years now. We could borrow the methods they use.

We can use this main thread to link to discussions we've started. The wiki has a Watchlist feature (similar to forum watchlists) to help you keep track of what's been changed (including replies to your own comments). Click the star on a page to add it to your watchlist.

James, and everyone, how does this approach sound? Shall we give it a try?

EDIT:

Quote from: bitcoinpaul on February 10, 2014, 12:00:01 AM

After that, http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/List_of_Proposals was created with the idea that maybe this could be the hub for all (your) ideas.

I didn't create it in response to James' ideas specifically, it was in response to the general mess this thread has become (c.f. the quote pyramid above that you yourself contributed to!). If you check the List of Bounties and Proposal's page history, I created it many days ago. I already had the hub in mind. I've been trying, desperately, for the past week+, to get people to try other communication methods (like diaspora*). It's exhausting...

Zahlem, I want to give your idea a chance to work because it is a good idea. So I am going to try and use it right here, right now.

I want to understand how the blockchain works on a detailed level. I want to write up an interface control document (ICD) for the structure of an NXT block. How big is an NXT block in bytes? How many bytes are allocated to what function? Are there variable sized blocks depending on what is in them? If you, yes YOU, are reading these words and know ANY information at all on how the NXT blocks are structured, make zahlen (and me!) a happy man by posting not on this thread, but at least one single sentence (or more!) on this wiki page:

http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/How_block_generation_works

Thanks!!!