Bitcoin Cash Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm Development Meeting; discussing large Bitcoin Cash block confirmation time variance, possible solutions and work being done July 16th 2020, 15:00 UTC Donations in support of these meetings and videos are welcome at : bitcoincash:qrwyeh8r09rgmpcc6adde6l7u0yp9c7wxcc65qck7j More information about these meetings on https://www.thefutureofbitcoin.cash Participants: Amaury Sechet Jonathan Toomim Jacob Eliosoff George Bissias Chris Pacia Scott Roberts Jason Dreyzehner Antony Zegers Karol Trzeszczkowski Freetrader Josh Ellithorpe Host: David R. Allen Agenda: 1. Welcome - Chair Opening statement 2. Reason for the meeting 3. Format for the meeting - Acceptance of the Agenda 4. Rules of engagement - See Work Group Code of Conduct https://github.com/bitcoincashorg/bitcoincash.org/blob/master/workgroups/code-of-conduct.md​ 5. Introductions: (​1 min each) Name, background, current work and interest in the subject. 6. Primary Discussion Items: - The problem - Why is a change needed - What needs to change and what needs to remain the same - Possible solutions - Cost to the ecosystem of doing the change or not doing the change - Conclusions 7. Calls to Action: 8. Next meeting? Adjournment Links and information shared during or after the meeting: DAA research and proposal by Jonathan Toomim : https://read.cash/@jtoomim/bch-upgrade-proposal-use-asert-as-the-new-daa-1d875696 Zawy's DAA research: https://github.com/zawy12/difficulty-algorithms Bonded Mining: Difficulty Adjustment by Miner Commitment paper by George Bissias, David Thibodeau & Brian N. Levine: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.00302 Imaginary Username's research on the effect of a DAA change on ecosystem software: https://bitcoincashresearch.org/t/difficulty-adjustment-algorithm-daa-change-affected-software/120 DAA work group link: https://t.me/joinchat/HCYr506_9oNIjmWgXh_kyA