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From: Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org>
To: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Blockchain verification flag (BIP draft)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 06:26:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAS2fgQQ+ZTUXXXRJWP-RjP+ehsUTrxa7Vy-QrZ-3Q6Offz=5A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADvTj4q_Ubrk6a15Q4uB3MT0PHGnvZt3yPMOWCdPhWf_WGH-tA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 2:47 AM, James Hilliard via bitcoin-dev
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> I think something that anyone who isn't validating should be aware of is
> that cgminer(which powers the vast majority of the current mining network)
> doesn't allow for a pool to revert to mining on the previous block due to
> the way chain tracking is implemented.

An interesting potential use for the flag suggested in this draft
would be allowing non-monotone mining for non-verified blocks.

I could add a recommendation for that as well.


  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-06  6:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-04  8:26 [bitcoin-dev] Blockchain verification flag (BIP draft) Gregory Maxwell
2015-12-04 12:44 ` Jannes Faber
2015-12-04 16:46   ` Thomas Kerin
2015-12-04 17:34 ` Gavin Andresen
2015-12-04 22:43   ` Rusty Russell
2015-12-06  2:47     ` James Hilliard
2015-12-06  6:26       ` Gregory Maxwell [this message]
2015-12-06  5:13     ` Gregory Maxwell

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