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From: Justus Ranvier <justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Block size: It's economics & user preparation & moral hazard
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 17:15:06 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <567F1F7A.6070700@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPg+sBhxnxnQQ-SpWuJ-+_uxRwXkgcU07jkYdZ8BcBwVDyW-vg@mail.gmail.com>


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On 12/26/2015 05:01 PM, Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> I think the shortest reasonable timeframe for an uncontroversial
> hardfork is somewhere in the range between 6 and 12 months.

This argument would hold more weight if it didn't looks like a stalling
tactic in context.

6 months ago, there was a concerted effort to being the process then,
for exactly this reason.

After 6 months of denial, stonewalling, and generally unproductive
fighting, the need for proactivity is being acknowledged with no
reference to the delay.

If the network ever ends up making a hasty forced upgrade to solve a
capacity emergency the responsibility for that difficulty will not fall
on those who did their best to prevent emergency upgrades by planning ahead.



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-12-26 23:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-16 14:53 [bitcoin-dev] Block size: It's economics & user preparation & moral hazard Jeff Garzik
2015-12-16 18:34 ` Pieter Wuille
2015-12-16 21:08   ` Jeff Garzik
2015-12-16 21:11     ` Pieter Wuille
2015-12-17  2:06       ` Jameson Lopp
2015-12-17 16:58       ` Tier Nolan
2015-12-17 19:44         ` Peter Todd
2015-12-18  5:23           ` Jorge Timón
2015-12-18  9:44           ` Tier Nolan
2015-12-16 21:24     ` Jorge Timón
2015-12-16 21:36       ` Jeff Garzik
2015-12-18  5:11   ` Jeff Garzik
2015-12-18  7:56     ` Pieter Wuille
2015-12-18 10:13       ` sickpig
2015-12-18 15:48         ` Pieter Wuille
2015-12-19 19:04           ` Dave Scotese
     [not found]           ` <751DFAA9-9013-4C54-BC1E-5F7ECB7469CC@gmail.com>
2015-12-26 16:44             ` Pieter Wuille
2015-12-26 17:20               ` Jorge Timón
2015-12-26 22:55               ` Jonathan Toomim
2015-12-26 23:01                 ` Pieter Wuille
2015-12-26 23:07                   ` Jonathan Toomim
2015-12-26 23:16                     ` Pieter Wuille
2015-12-27  0:03                       ` Jonathan Toomim
2015-12-26 23:15                   ` Justus Ranvier [this message]
2015-12-27  0:13                     ` Bryan Bishop
2015-12-27  0:33                       ` Justus Ranvier
2015-12-18 13:56       ` Jeff Garzik
2015-12-23  6:26   ` Aaron Voisine
2015-12-16 18:36 ` jl2012
2015-12-16 22:27   ` Jeff Garzik
2015-12-17  6:12     ` Dave Scotese

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