From: Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>
To: Mark Friedenbach <mark@monetize.io>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPg+sBi4QSpxSo8DBFuJR5ca1vuXYdauf5puPiY4js7Fvq+bLQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <534EF88F.0@monetize.io>
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Mark Friedenbach <mark@monetize.io> wrote:
> On 04/16/2014 02:29 PM, Kevin wrote:
>> Okay, so how about an autoupdate function which pulls a work around off
>> the server? Sooner or later, the vulnerabilities must be faced.
>
> NO. Bitcoin Core will never have an auto-update functionality. That
> would be a single point of failure whose compromise could result in the
> theft of every last bitcoin held in a Bitcoin Core wallet.
Or, even accidentally, cause a hard forking bug to be rolled out (or
worsen one).
--
Pieter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-16 22:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-16 8:14 [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?) Wladimir
2014-04-16 8:45 ` Melvin Carvalho
2014-04-16 9:41 ` Wladimir
2014-04-16 11:06 ` [Bitcoin-development] mid-term bitcoin security (Re: Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?)) Adam Back
2014-04-18 14:26 ` Jeff Garzik
2014-04-18 14:39 ` Justus Ranvier
2014-04-16 15:12 ` [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?) Kevin
2014-04-16 15:20 ` Pieter Wuille
2014-04-16 15:28 ` Wladimir
2014-04-16 16:27 ` Kevin
2014-04-16 16:35 ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-16 16:41 ` Chris Williams
2014-04-16 16:44 ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-16 16:50 ` Chris Williams
2014-04-16 18:59 ` Kevin
2014-04-16 19:43 ` Adam Back
2014-04-16 20:42 ` Roy Badami
2014-04-16 21:10 ` Laszlo Hanyecz
2014-04-16 21:29 ` Kevin
2014-04-16 21:39 ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-16 22:00 ` Pieter Wuille [this message]
2014-04-16 15:23 ` Mark Friedenbach
2014-04-16 22:06 ` Gregory Maxwell
2014-04-17 7:39 ` Wladimir
[not found] ` <CACKnu1prEkZb5L4bGeKfjHtW+1CLmAuYr2-OWq0z5z+SvxhLTg@mail.gmail.com>
2014-04-17 7:27 ` Wladimir
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