Yes, sure. I was talking about the case of transiently relayed data, like
IP addresses.
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Mark Friedenbach <m...@monetize.io> wrote:
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> On 11/4/13 11:38 AM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> > The Merkle branch doesn't get stored indefinitely though, whereas
> > the coinbase hash does. The data stored in the coinbase [output]
> > can always just be the 256-bit root hash truncated to less.
> >
> > I doubt the additional bytes make much difference really, so the
> > additional complexity may not be worth it. But it wouldn't be an
> > issue to do.
>
> The bits make a difference if you are merged mining. You can use the
> birthday attack to construct two data trees whose hash match the
> (truncated) value, each containing separate aux block headers. This
> allows you to double-count the bitcoin PoW for more than one aux block
> on the same chain, potentially facilitating aux chain attacks.
>
> If you want 128 bits of security for merged mined aux chains, you need
> 256 bits of hash in the coinbase.
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