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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@gmail.com>
To: xor@freenetproject.org
Cc: Bitcoin development mailing list <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Contradiction in BIP65 text?
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 18:58:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADm_WcZnOXqcse1LC28ptLyxXJTtbv+RPMfrMamR4xZK3xcK8Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1581446.3ZPnhFUSFq@1337h4x0r>

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On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 4:48 PM, xor via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> This clearly says that funds can be frozen.
> Can the BIP65-thing be used to freeze funds or can it not be?
>


This language definitely trips up or worries several folks - it's been
mentioned a few times before.

The user _chooses_ to freeze _their own_ funds.  It is not an unwilling act
of force, which many assume when they see the phrase "freeze funds."

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-11-13 23:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-13 21:48 [bitcoin-dev] Contradiction in BIP65 text? xor
2015-11-13 21:53 ` Gregory Maxwell
2015-11-13 22:08   ` xor
2015-11-13 23:58 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2015-11-14  0:29   ` Gregory Maxwell
2015-11-14 22:47   ` xor

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