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 4A32F7D for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:16:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.jymx.de (jymx.de [81.169.251.53]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEB35E5 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:16:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nat6-182.its.fh-giessen.de ([212.201.18.182]:1204 helo=[192.168.192.85]) by mail.jymx.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSMu0-0003CA-D7 for bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:16:56 +0200 Message-ID: <55D5A919.3030505@olivere.de> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:16:57 +0200 From: Oliver Egginger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Will there be a freeze of the current protocol version? 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: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:16:58 -0000 Hello, BitPay seems to support BIP 101: https://medium.com/@spair/increasing-the-block-size-limit-85ff236fc516 We do not know where this is going. But I suspect that ultimately also the core client will increase the block size. Bitcoin is also the subject of research. I think that research is much to slow (and uncertain) for many companies and users. This is the reason for XT. Nevertheless, I think further research on the base of the current protocol version is very important. Thus, I hope that the current block chain survives. Albeit at a lower level with fewer users. And expressly not to sabotage necessary changes in the main project. Let's suppose XT prevails or core is changed within the terms of BIP 101: Do you think that there are enough people to continue with the old protocol version? Would developers fork a Bitcoin client for supporting the old nodes with security updates? Or will there be a compatibility mode in XT, so that XT behave like an old Bitcoin node? What about smaller but important projects like picocoin? - oliver