From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37C4598 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:47:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5190146 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:47:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibxm9 with SMTP id xm9so150022443wib.1 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:47:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=+EgNGPdpRUaS1NRT6ATZ8BJsgVxI/yDk7vPinXkeEjQ=; b=IhgLOhOILtOjH3pEsivKvzOGWaLuZQbpKk9soyF/VvzmpQFLXkxDEzUuLVKhzicuHw Ei/quOISs97tCnn2HkiJAn171rVTuontQcvQ4C+3tEAMPbgAys23eDY02koeGBpedUYp 1UwJFrgd9jETWgxmJqXMGJpOJ+TO7dQxNLSSk3J9Gzhy9cdnzv+52feC1IDgVSxqTilG /VzaTZxO32BzeTvYjCUgRufdBYFYaUhBnlM/H64A00JV8dDetyy+scKEwAC1ie2JXZmy M/dKCCaGF9ReDaO2ykF6J25IWJeP9yBJxzfWuJzLnGs5Rgv5mtbEB7i5jAkvFYxkG14C jPyw== X-Received: by 10.180.79.4 with SMTP id f4mr4475782wix.83.1438073241514; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:47:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from amethyst.visucore.com (dhcp-089-098-228-253.chello.nl. [89.98.228.253]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d17sm32111910wjs.32.2015.07.28.01.47.20 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:47:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:47:19 +0200 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" To: Eric Voskuil Message-ID: <20150728084718.GB29453@amethyst.visucore.com> References: <55B723EA.7010700@voskuil.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55B723EA.7010700@voskuil.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Libconsensus separated repository (was Bitcoin Core and hard forks) X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:47:23 -0000 On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:40:42PM -0700, Eric Voskuil via bitcoin-dev wrote: > It's a performance sacrifice, and then there's the OpenSSL dependency, > but these are both optional within our stack - so the application > developer has the option. So the only downside is that we are > maintaining the conditional compilation. Now that BIP66 became active, and only strict DER signatures are allowed, the OpenSSL dependency can be removed from consensus. Pieter Wuille will do an announcement on this soon. Wladimir