On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 01:23:01PM -0500, Luke-Jr wrote: > Has it been verified to make even rocconor's complicated transaction-based > version impossible?
Yes, he tried it on testnet against a patched node. > > The purpose of this mail is asking for support for adding this rule to > > the protocol rules. If there is consensus this rule is the solution, I > > hope pools and miners can agree to update their nodes without lengthy > > coinbase-flagging procedure that would only delay a solution. So, who > > is in favor? > > Can we do this in two steps? First, prefer blocks which don't break the rule; > once 55%+ are confirmed to have upgraded, then it is safe to treat it as a > hard rule. I prefer to avoid this if possible, as it increases the size of the patch significantly. In particular, it would require the discouragement-system to be backported to whatever versions pools are running. The current proposal only requires adding 6 lines of code. -- Pieter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
