From: Justus Ranvier <justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Compatibility requirements for hard or soft forks
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 08:36:35 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56362373.9080105@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8737wrwvn2.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
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On 10/30/2015 10:43 PM, Rusty Russell via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> By that benchmark, we should aim for "reasonable certainty". A
> transaction which would never have been generated by any known software
> is the minimum bar. Adding "...which would have to be deliberately
> stupid with many redundant OP_CHECKSIG etc" surpasses it. The only extra
> safeguard I can think of is clear, widespread notification of the
> change.
If the policy of Bitcoin Core development includes a willingness to
makes the utxos created by software other than Bitcoin Core unspendable,
then it certainly merits clear, widespread notification.
Even if that is actually a good policy, the reasons why should be made
abundantly clear.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-01 14:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-28 14:06 [bitcoin-dev] Compatibility requirements for hard or soft forks Gavin Andresen
2015-10-31 3:43 ` Rusty Russell
2015-11-01 14:36 ` Justus Ranvier [this message]
2015-11-01 17:28 ` jl2012
2015-11-01 23:46 ` Tier Nolan
2015-11-02 0:23 ` Justus Ranvier
2015-11-02 0:33 ` Luke Dashjr
2015-11-02 1:30 ` Tier Nolan
2015-11-02 4:15 ` Justus Ranvier
2015-11-02 6:12 ` Justus Ranvier
2015-11-02 20:33 ` Gavin Andresen
2015-11-02 22:12 ` Justus Ranvier
2015-11-03 5:32 ` jl2012
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