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From: Tomas <tomas@tomasvdw.nl>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Non-confirming block signalling
Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 13:24:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1493983489.1448140.966773912.17FBAAC0@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)

I propose a method to mark blocks to indicate that they were generated
without verifying the previous block. This can be done by using a bit of
the version field.

This would counter the reduction of security caused by what is known as
"SPV-mining".

The BIP is here:
https://github.com/tomasvdw/bips/blob/master/bip-non-confirming-block-signalling.mediawiki

Tomas
bitcrust


             reply	other threads:[~2017-05-05 11:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-05 11:24 Tomas [this message]
2017-05-05 13:01 ` [bitcoin-dev] Non-confirming block signalling Bryan Bishop
2017-05-05 13:09 Tomas

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