17:08:26 <m-relay> <c​harutocafe:matrix.org> hi. are there any reasonable suggestions to reduce the variance in block time that you are aware of?
17:10:37 <m-relay> <c​harutocafe:matrix.org> i was thinking that nodes could ignore/discard blocks that were mined less than x seconds after the most recent block was mined. let's say 60 seconds. but i think that would lead to large increase of orphans @ 60 seconds after each block, so probably not a reasonable solution.
17:11:17 <m-relay> <c​harutocafe:matrix.org> i wonder if this has ever been discussed or if no one really cares about the blocktime variance
17:42:47 <moneromooo> Shitty idea, but I think this might work, technically: switch block time to 10 seconds, and only record every 12th block to the chain. Every block requires a "parent" to the previous 10s block and one to the last one wihch is a nultple of 12. The fact that the "quick" chain was followed is not verifiable by future syncers, but I'm not sure this really matters.
17:43:17 <moneromooo> Of course, many more orphans will be had. As I said, shitty idea :)
17:58:40 <sech1> I think Dero did something like this. But it creates wrong incentives for miners - the discarded blocks give less (or no) reward