From f760713688c9056b95cee1a3a7cbdff98a5c3c10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zooko <> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 19:41:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] note about BTC bounty [Imported from Trac: page Ostrom, version 2] --- Ostrom.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Ostrom.md b/Ostrom.md index 7c75a78..fee14c3 100644 --- a/Ostrom.md +++ b/Ostrom.md @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ In the context of Tahoe-LAFS, Brian has summarized Ostrom's idea and sketched ou That "Accounting" project is an ambitious project, but with very high value. I (Zooko) really hope that Brian and the other core Tahoe-LAFS hackers prioritize that project soon! -But without implementing a full "Accounting" system, there are many very simple and easy "low hanging fruits" which would increase the ability of the user to visualize how the Tahoe-LAFS grid behaves. For example, we currently don't even display how much storage space each server is offering! (648) +Some BitCoin users are offering a bounty for someone to make it possible to pay for Tahoe-LAFS storage service with BitCoin as of 2011-05-31, the bounty sums up to 220 BTC. + + +Without implementing a full Accounting system, there are many very simple and easy "low hanging fruits" which would increase the ability of the user to visualize how the Tahoe-LAFS grid behaves. For example, we currently don't even display how much storage space each server is offering! (648) Following from that, users would probably benefit from visualizations of server performance and its historical uptime. See the [tickets tagged with "ostrom"](http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/query?status=!closed&keywords=~ostrom&order=priority) for other examples.