[bitcoin-dev] Cold channels and PathCoin redux

2023-11-04 Thread AdamISZ via bitcoin-dev
Hi list, I've recently spent a lot of time thinking about "PathCoin" ([1] - but I wouldn't recommend reading that *first*, for reasons that will become clear). [3] I realized that my earlier conceptions were way too specific and there is a wide range of possibilities for transferring coins in

Re: [bitcoin-dev] [Mempool spam] Should we as developers reject non-standard Taproot transactions from full nodes?

2023-11-04 Thread ArmchairCryptologist via bitcoin-dev
While I don't necessarily disagree about the block size limit, efforts to increase it in the past has been effectively stonewalled since, as it turns out, all you have to do to not increase it is nothing. If we are looking to address the current mempool spam in particular, it looks to me that

Re: [bitcoin-dev] OP_Expire and Coinbase-Like Behavior: Making HTLCs Safer by Letting Transactions Expire Safely

2023-11-04 Thread Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 05:25:24AM +, Antoine Riard wrote: > > To be clear, are you talking about anchor channels or non-anchor channels? > > Because in anchor channels, all outputs other than the anchor outputs > provided > > for fee bumping can't be spent until the commitment transaction is