On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 11:41:39AM -0700, Samson Mow wrote:
> Why the 180 year limit? imho should plan for longer.
You know, it was only 137 years ago that the first practical electric motor was
invented; 143 years ago that the first practical light bulb was invented.
180 years is a long time.
On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 03:27:17PM -0700, Brandon Black wrote:
> I agree. Non-expiring addresses are a significant risk to bitcoin users.
>
> On 2023-08-04 (Fri) at 17:39:03 +, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> > Fixing this is easy: add a 3 byte field to silent payments addresses,
> >
I agree. Non-expiring addresses are a significant risk to bitcoin users.
On 2023-08-04 (Fri) at 17:39:03 +, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Fixing this is easy: add a 3 byte field to silent payments addresses, encoding
> the expiration date in terms of days after some epoch. 2^24 days is
