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-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UaGot-00086N-3f for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 09 May 2013 02:42:59 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of petertodd.org designates 62.13.148.113 as permitted sender) client-ip=62.13.148.113; envelope-from=pete@petertodd.org; helo=outmail148113.authsmtp.com; Received: from outmail148113.authsmtp.com ([62.13.148.113]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1UaGor-0004kZ-P6 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 09 May 2013 02:42:59 +0000 Received: from mail-c233.authsmtp.com (mail-c233.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.233]) by punt10.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id r492gn4x005546; Thu, 9 May 2013 03:42:49 +0100 (BST) Received: from savin (76-10-178-109.dsl.teksavvy.com [76.10.178.109]) (authenticated bits=128) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/) with ESMTP id r492gi9B078450 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 9 May 2013 03:42:47 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 22:42:44 -0400 From: Peter Todd To: John Dillon Message-ID: <20130509024244.GA5474@savin> References: <20130508234422.GA30870@savin> <20130509011338.GA8708@vps7135.xlshosting.net> <20130509015731.GA26423@savin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Server-Quench: 226489fa-b852-11e2-a49c-0025907707a1 X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCd2Yg0TA1ZNQRgX IjsJECJaVQIpKltL GxAVKBZePFsRUQkR aQdMdgsUFVQNAgsB AmUbW1deVF97XWQ7 bAxPbAVDY01GQQRq WVdMSlVNFUsqBRUD UUcXIBl1fwFDeDBx ZEZhWD5ZXkJ+fU8r E1MGHWgEeGZhPWIC AURRJB5UcAFPdx9C bVB4BXJDAzANdhES HhM4ODE3eDlSNilR RRkIIFQOdA5QRHYi XFhcQXAlHFFNWyQ2 Igc6I1sEVEgQP0E+ KjMA X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633532353630.1021:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthSMTP-Origin: 76.10.178.109/587 X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) 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_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record X-Headers-End: 1UaGor-0004kZ-P6 Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] 32 vs 64-bit timestamp fields 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: Thu, 09 May 2013 02:42:59 -0000 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 02:33:11AM +0000, John Dillon wrote: > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Peter Todd wrote: > > Remember that interpreting the timestamp on a block for the purposes of > > timestamping is a lot more subtle than it appears at first. >=20 > I actually just meant how Pieter Wuille was talking about a blocktime acc= urate > to only within 18 hours. :) But it is a nice writeup! >=20 > In any case, for many things simple relative ordering is enough rather th= an > absolute time. Ah, shoot, I just realized we both got missed Pieter's point entirely: he means to change the meaning of the header timestamp to be relative time passed since the last block... Well, it was a nice writeup! Thanks for the correction re: probabalistic; you are absolutely correct. --=20 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org 00000000000000fb6d0ed7479069edef10b8bc598783e9d94bdb5cf9ae6a5f1c --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRiw0kAAoJECSBQD2l8JH7+4EIALrqS9ExkY9T6hZcLv53gJVZ ObqXzcS1ynlw/2kBJZMWB6svbtb5pP/JMuWWT6ycAWdylyjOwylLrKqhoAdJ9I+/ d1yzUYWA2FU3qJfJYC2kimDn2yrTOWewH8wc7I+wnYKnojIXR3kkKnHruq6FiWSj m+Pm4kPpQfgwD2UyNJ8jtbrFEAAFnpjq5aL+O8xsxUswVD2rBl70nYrrXTN21cnG 0yyusvyCtWjJGMjYDV3Iupd1hxuv6IW69cyAFJw62Qj8I3H4p1uotfK1BrRgcuEO L+YGr2gPbeyMbaHPMjUiYTTkfDYub3wFTFQQjiPc8ec0WOql4CaRV3EKyT3BoFI= =9pRx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--