Introspection/command discovery is nice, but I would prefer it to be immediately done in the first version exchange so no assumptions as to how a network is operating need to be made.
I like the idea of a flat list of commands. It might make sense to have "meta"-commands that alias to groups of commands. i.e "original" for the current core subset up to (and including) "pong". The aliases could exist in a text definition file which is held on github or bitcoin.org/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Garzik <jgar...@exmulti.com> To: Bitcoin Development <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 2:13 AM Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Proposed new P2P command and response: getcmds, cmdlist Outside of major features advertised network-wide in nService bits, P2P protocol lacks a good method of enumerating minor features or extensions. The version number increment is coarse-grained, and is not self-documenting. A simple extension which lists supported commands is added, as demonstrated in this pull request: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1471 Another option is for verack to return this information at login, eliminating the need for a separate command/response. -- Jeff Garzik exMULTI, Inc. jgar...@exmulti.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
