Re: [bitcoin-dev] Modern Soft Fork Activation

2020-01-11 Thread Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev
On Saturday 11 January 2020 14:42:07 Anthony Towns wrote: > the UASF approach had significant potential technical problems >        (potential for long reorgs, p2p network splits) that weren't >        resolved by the time it became active. Long reorgs, only for old nodes, were a possibility,

Re: [bitcoin-dev] PSBT Addition (BIP 174) for authenticating source/output PSBT files

2020-01-11 Thread Dmitry Petukhov via bitcoin-dev
I am not sure that this particular task should be done with data embedded in PSBT itself, and not with some sort of container that includes PSBT and the authentication information. The benefit seems to be in reusing PSBT structure for compatibilty, and this might be a valid way, although I do not

[bitcoin-dev] PSBT Addition (BIP 174) for authenticating source/output PSBT files

2020-01-11 Thread Peter D. Gray via bitcoin-dev
## Background PSBT files in transit are at risk of MiTM changes. This isn't supposed to matter, but as another layer of defence, I would like to add two signatures to PSBT files when they are processed by the PSBT Signer. These additional fields would be optional, and should pass through existing

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Modern Soft Fork Activation

2020-01-11 Thread Anthony Towns via bitcoin-dev
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 09:30:09PM +, Matt Corallo via bitcoin-dev wrote: > 1) a standard BIP 9 deployment with a one-year time horizon for > activation with 95% miner readiness, > 2) in the case that no activation occurs within a year, a six month > quieting period during which the community