Re: [bitcoin-dev] proposal: extend WIF format for segwit

2017-09-16 Thread Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev
On Sep 15, 2017 01:56, "Thomas Voegtlin via bitcoin-dev" < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: Note 3: we could also use a bech32 format for the private key, if it is going to be used with a bech32 address. I am not sure if such a format has been proposed already. I've been working on

Re: [bitcoin-dev] hypothetical: Could soft-forks be prevented?

2017-09-16 Thread ZmnSCPxj via bitcoin-dev
Good Morning Dan, No. Let us suppose that IsStandard is applied to outputs, but we support P2SH. Then we could encode those scripts in P2SH. The softfork could require the script preimageto be put elsewhere, such as an OP_RETURN in the same tx, to determine the script that is anyone can

Re: [bitcoin-dev] hypothetical: Could soft-forks be prevented?

2017-09-16 Thread Dan Libby via bitcoin-dev
On 09/15/2017 01:40 PM, Simone Bronzini wrote: > Since a soft-fork is a restriction of the consensus rules, I think the > only way to have an un-soft-forkable cryptocurrency is creating a > cryptocurrency where no transaction is valid. > > Imagine I build a very minimal cryptocurrency where in