From: Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org>
To: jl2012 <jl2012@xbt.hk>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Hardfork bit BIP
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 19:36:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAS2fgT_f858GFVY9RAN1skd8_9Q_T1ZFoUXCQiC3o3B+z4oXw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f225318eddd0aadc71861f988f2f4674@xbt.hk>
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 5:14 PM, jl2012 via bitcoin-dev
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/317
I think this is a good idea, and I've independently proposed it in the past.
I agree with most of luke's language nitpicks.
It could, however, be pointed out that the version number flag is not
sufficient in the deployed network, because many clients also do not
validate the version field, due to a disinterest in security great
enough to not implement anything around height-in-coinbase.
So to fully achieve the intended effect using the highest bit of prev
would currently be much more effective.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-04 19:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-04 17:14 [bitcoin-dev] Hardfork bit BIP jl2012
2016-02-04 17:36 ` Gavin Andresen
2016-02-04 17:56 ` jl2012
2016-02-04 18:00 ` Bryan Bishop
2016-02-04 18:24 ` Tier Nolan
2016-02-04 18:19 ` Peter Todd
2016-02-04 18:29 ` Luke Dashjr
2016-02-05 10:20 ` Jorge Timón
2016-02-04 19:36 ` Gregory Maxwell [this message]
2016-02-04 22:15 ` Gavin Andresen
2016-02-05 9:58 ` Jorge Timón
2016-02-07 19:27 ` jl2012
2016-02-07 20:20 ` Gavin
2016-02-08 2:44 ` Anthony Towns
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