> 1. from client1 I issue a transaction containing one of the signatures, with > a locktime e.g. 10 minutes from now and a sequence of 0. This transaction is > now posted to the p2p network.
As Alan said, that won't work-- it will not be relayed across the network because it isn't a valid transaction until it has enough signatures. > Alternatively, the transactions would need to be sent between clients using > another protocol... Formats and protocols for gathering signatures are in the TODO category-- Alan's BIP 10 is the next piece of the puzzle, maybe a standardized http/https RESTful API, or HTTP/JSON, or protocol buffers and raw sockets, or... something... solution (or solutions) built on top of that makes sense. I don't think partially-signed transactions belong on the main Bitcoin P2P network, mostly because I don't see any way of preventing somebody from endlessly spamming bogus, will-never-be-completed partial transactions just to be annoying. -- -- Gavin Andresen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
