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From: Tier Nolan <tier.nolan@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] Version bits with timeout and delay.
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:32:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAE-z3OXATJ6HGKqU=vxc8k-yCMAMwXiWQJxvO3D_O256_ZODtw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABm2gDqh=Dv2Ygctg+jEt61N_nJDRBMqdZypSPtmfM2QrY4AYQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Jorge Timón <jtimon@jtimon.cc> wrote:

> For enforcing new restrictions on your own blocks (thus at the policy
> level, not consensus) you don't need to wait for 75%. You can do it from
> the start (this way all miners setting the bit will enforce the new
> restrictions.
>
At 75%, you have a pretty solid super-majority.

You can safely reject blocks that have the bit set but are invalid
according to the new rule (as long as everyone who sets the bit does it
too).

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-16 20:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-13 18:56 [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] Version bits with timeout and delay Rusty Russell
2015-09-16 15:53 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-16 17:53 ` Tier Nolan
2015-09-16 20:19   ` Rusty Russell
2015-09-16 20:27     ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-16 20:32       ` Tier Nolan [this message]
2015-09-16 20:38         ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-16 20:48           ` Tier Nolan
2015-09-16 20:54             ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-16 20:57               ` Tier Nolan
2015-09-16 21:03                 ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-16 22:52                   ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-09-17 10:38                     ` Tier Nolan
2015-09-17 13:59                       ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-17 21:57                       ` Rusty Russell
2015-09-17 22:00           ` Rusty Russell
2015-09-19  5:04             ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-20  3:56               ` Rusty Russell
2015-09-21  8:24                 ` Jorge Timón
2015-09-21 10:34                   ` Rusty Russell
2015-09-16 20:30     ` Tier Nolan
2015-09-18  1:19       ` Rusty Russell
2015-09-23 18:33 ` Tom Harding
2015-09-23 19:01   ` Gavin Andresen
2015-09-30  2:05   ` Rusty Russell
2015-09-30 23:41     ` Tom Harding

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