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 BBB20FA2 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2016 21:24:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from outmail148114.authsmtp.net (outmail148114.authsmtp.net [62.13.148.114]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0300711C for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2016 21:24:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-c247.authsmtp.com (mail-c247.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.247]) by punt20.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/) with ESMTP id u16LOS44053994; Sat, 6 Feb 2016 21:24:28 GMT Received: from petertodd.org (ec2-52-5-185-120.compute-1.amazonaws.com [52.5.185.120]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/) with ESMTP id u16LOPG7045645 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 6 Feb 2016 21:24:26 GMT Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by petertodd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 94E5C40092; Sat, 6 Feb 2016 21:21:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 16:24:19 -0500 From: Peter Todd To: Gavin Andresen , Bitcoin Dev Message-ID: <20160206212419.GA23969@muck> References: <201602060012.26728.luke@dashjr.org> <20160206211158.GA14053@muck> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160206211158.GA14053@muck> X-Server-Quench: ffb47c4f-cd17-11e5-bcde-0015176ca198 X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCd2Yg0TA1ZNQRgX IjsJECJaVQIpKltL GxAVKBZePFsRUQkR aAdMdgQUHlAWAgsB AmAbWVVeUll7W2U7 bghPaBtcak9QXgdq T0pMXVMcUQRufWNh cRkeVhx0cwAIfn9w Zwg0CCJfWxd+I1su Fk9TCGwHMGJ9OjNL BV1YdwJRcQRMLU5E Y1gxNiYHcQ5VPz4z GA41ejw8IwAXAgVt ChkXKkoVWk8PTHYd QRsYEDw0EAUPQyI4 LFQ9K0wRVEIQN0Qu eUcmEQh6exofBQRU Dl1AG0cA X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633532353630.1038:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthSMTP-Origin: 52.5.185.120/25 X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP proposal: Increase block size limit to 2 megabytes 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: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 21:24:30 -0000 --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 04:11:58PM -0500, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev wrote: > On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 12:45:14PM -0500, Gavin Andresen via bitcoin-dev = wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Adam Back wrote: > >=20 > > > > > > It would probably be a good idea to have a security considerations > > > section > >=20 > >=20 > > Containing what? I'm not aware of any security considerations that are= any > > different from any other consensus rules change. >=20 > I covered the security considerations unique to hard-forks on my blog: >=20 > https://petertodd.org/2016/soft-forks-are-safer-than-hard-forks Oh, and to be 100% clear, I should say those are only *some of* the unique security considerations - for starters the article is mainly talking about uncontroversial hard-forks, and doesn't even delve into economic attacks among other omissions. It's just an introductory article. --=20 https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org 000000000000000008320874843f282f554aa2436290642fcfa81e5a01d78698 --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGrBAEBCACVBQJWtmSAXhSAAAAAABUAQGJsb2NraGFzaEBiaXRjb2luLm9yZzAw MDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwODMyMDg3NDg0M2YyODJmNTU0YWEyNDM2MjkwNjQyZmNm YTgxZTVhMDFkNzg2OTgvFIAAAAAAFQARcGthLWFkZHJlc3NAZ251cGcub3JncGV0 ZUBwZXRlcnRvZC5vcmcACgkQwIXyHOf0udzgTQf+Mr90KU0i6xaOgftbrApDGImJ h3lUxtmaFfHVFaGAJyobyp/q0BofPnatgxu4ElYpDtEQwK6lhnZ5q3nYFk0xHAD2 onmORhNYQaHzIenhw4MPDh3nx2pgUHIHs9pD5Ss7Csrgq+6QpRem7WaaGufx1OL9 3/7ArA45hQs3+rvfU2XbOut3eEHSr9pvVjXPnLsrzyaHr+Oxh+wMfVfEWTYmD1YU C3HyCxihShRSUB9B5NFsO+oZBmpcCGMsl3/IHcyQCcYU9in61m4S/ssKAKvOdswb n7974FhZIih6s+yizydCTVPZ2gpt33la++mkRPdZk7Z9OWkfVQL0xo2/kGrmcQ== =1i1w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j--