Re: [bitcoin-dev] A Modified Version of Luke-jr's Block Size BIP

2017-02-06 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
; as it was originally. However, we could use a modified version of BIP 9 > by using one of the top three bits and a longer locked-in period as a > grace period for all users to upgrade. > > On Sunday, February 05, 2017 9:50:26 PM Andrew C via > bitc

Re: [bitcoin-dev] A Modified Version of Luke-jr's Block Size BIP

2017-02-05 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
e bits and a longer locked-in period as a grace period for all users to upgrade. > > On Sunday, February 05, 2017 9:50:26 PM Andrew C via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Many people have expressed discontent with Luke-jr's proposed block size >> BIP, i

Re: [bitcoin-dev] The Soft Fork Deception

2016-10-28 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
On 10/27/2016 11:38 AM, Andrew via bitcoin-dev wrote: > I have been reading recently through the history of soft forks > provided by Bitcoin Core: > https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/43538/where-can-i-find-a-record-of-blockchain-soft-forks. > > It has led me to think that there is a

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Start time for BIP141 (segwit)

2016-10-17 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
On 10/17/2016 7:17 AM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev wrote: > As Marek wrote just minutes before your email came in; companies will not > roll out their updates until it locks in. Peter Todd says the same thing. > So your assumption that the lock-in time is the END of the upgrading is > false.

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Start time for BIP141 (segwit)

2016-10-16 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
On 10/16/2016 4:58 PM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Lets get back to the topic. Having a longer fallow period is a simple way to > be safe. Your comments make me even more scared that safety is not taken > into account the way it would. Can you please explain how having a longer grace

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Completing the retirement of the alert system

2016-09-10 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
On 9/10/2016 5:41 AM, Johnson Lau via bitcoin-dev wrote: > 3. After a few months or so, publish the private key. Why wait a few months? Why not just publish the key a few days after the final alert? ___ bitcoin-dev mailing list

[bitcoin-dev] nSequence multiple uses

2016-01-22 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
With 0.12 and opt-in RBF, nSequence will have multiple uses. It can be used for locktime and now signaling for opting in to RBF. However, there is nothing that I could find that distinguishes the uses for nSequence. Spending a time locked output requires setting nSequence to less than MAX_INT but

Re: [bitcoin-dev] nSequence multiple uses

2016-01-22 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
Ahh. I see. Thanks, I must have missed that when going through the BIP. Guess I need to read more carefully next time. Thanks, Andrew On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 11:11 PM David A. Harding <d...@dtrt.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 04:36:58PM +0000, Andrew C via bitcoin-dev wrote: >

[bitcoin-dev] What is OpenSSL still used for?

2016-01-18 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
In the release notes for 0.12, it says that we have moved from using OpenSSL to libsecp256k1 for signature validation. So what else is it being used for that we need to keep it as a dependency? Thanks, Andrew ___ bitcoin-dev mailing list

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Questiosn about BIP100

2015-08-27 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
. - Currently working on technical BIP draft and implementation, hopefully for ScalingBitcoin.org. Only the PDF is publicly available as of today. - Yes, the initial deployment is in the same manner as size votes. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Andrew C via bitcoin-dev bitcoin-dev

[bitcoin-dev] Questiosn about BIP100

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew C via bitcoin-dev
Hi all, Is there any client or code that currently implements BIP 100? And how will it be deployed? WIll the initial fork be deployed in the same manner that the max block size changes are deployed described in the bip? Thanks ___ bitcoin-dev mailing