From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UFtLV-0006QJ-Ee for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:36:25 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gnomon.org.uk designates 93.93.131.22 as permitted sender) client-ip=93.93.131.22; envelope-from=roy@gnomon.org.uk; helo=darla.gnomon.org.uk; Received: from darla.gnomon.org.uk ([93.93.131.22]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1UFtLU-0002n8-FI for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:36:25 +0000 Received: from darla.gnomon.org.uk (localhost.gnomon.org.uk [127.0.0.1]) by darla.gnomon.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id r2DLa9vA043469 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:36:14 GMT (envelope-from roy@darla.gnomon.org.uk) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at darla.gnomon.org.uk Received: (from roy@localhost) by darla.gnomon.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.1/Submit) id r2DLa8WQ043468; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:36:08 GMT (envelope-from roy) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:36:08 +0000 From: Roy Badami To: Gregory Maxwell Message-ID: <20130313213608.GR96148@giles.gnomon.org.uk> References: <201303131256.30144.luke@dashjr.org> <201303132106.45334.andyparkins@gmail.com> <201303132114.04596.luke@dashjr.org> <20130313212243.GQ96148@giles.gnomon.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -3.9 (---) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -2.4 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Headers-End: 1UFtLU-0002n8-FI Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.1 ideas X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:36:25 -0000 On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 02:27:01PM -0700, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Roy Badami wrote: > > The idea of the client detecting/warning about not-trivial forking > > seems worthwhile too, though, assuming it doesn't already (AIUI it > > doesn't). > > It does warn??? if its heard the fork and its on the lower difficulty > side. Extending that to also alert if its on the winning side and the > fork is long enough might be wise, though I have a little concern that > it'll be mistaken to be more dependable than it would be. Still, it would have meant that all 0.8 users would have immediatley been told that something was wrong. I don't know to what extent it was luck that this was dealt with as promptly and efficiently as it was, but to the extent that luck was involved, a slew of 0.8 users shouting in various places "wtf is going on" couldn't but help in reducing the element of luck if something similar were to happen again. roy