From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UFtCa-0002dy-Pp for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:27:12 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.215.49 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.49; envelope-from=gmaxwell@gmail.com; helo=mail-la0-f49.google.com; Received: from mail-la0-f49.google.com ([209.85.215.49]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1UFtCW-0002E1-GJ for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:27:12 +0000 Received: by mail-la0-f49.google.com with SMTP id fs13so1668850lab.8 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:27:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.42.37 with SMTP id k5mr166793lbl.49.1363210021766; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:27:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.96.164 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:27:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130313212243.GQ96148@giles.gnomon.org.uk> References: <201303131256.30144.luke@dashjr.org> <201303132106.45334.andyparkins@gmail.com> <201303132114.04596.luke@dashjr.org> <20130313212243.GQ96148@giles.gnomon.org.uk> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:27:01 -0700 Message-ID: From: Gregory Maxwell To: Roy Badami Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (gmaxwell[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1UFtCW-0002E1-GJ Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.1 ideas X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:27:13 -0000 On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Roy Badami wrote: > The idea of the client detecting/warning about not-trivial forking > seems worthwhile too, though, assuming it doesn't already (AIUI it > doesn't). It does warn=E2=80=94 if its heard the fork and its on the lower difficulty side. Extending that to also alert if its on the winning side and the fork is long enough might be wise, though I have a little concern that it'll be mistaken to be more dependable than it would be.