Re: [bitcoin-dev] High consensus fork system for scaling without limits

2017-03-09 Thread Erik Aronesty via bitcoin-dev
> 1. Allow users to signal readiness by publishing an EB. This EB is an absolute upper bound, and cannot be overridden by miners. Current EB is 1MB, the status-quo. Maybe EB can be configured in a config file, not a UI, since it's an "advanced" feature. > > What does EB stand for? Excessive

Re: [bitcoin-dev] High consensus fork system for scaling without limits

2017-03-08 Thread Andrew Chow via bitcoin-dev
Hi Erik, I have left you some comments below. Some general questions: How will you deal with excessive sighashing (i.e. massive transactions that include a lot of signature verification)? Presumably the sigops limit will increase proportionally? On 3/8/2017 2:42 PM, Erik Aronesty via

[bitcoin-dev] High consensus fork system for scaling without limits

2017-03-08 Thread Erik Aronesty via bitcoin-dev
I woudl like to propose a BIP that works something like this: 1. Allow users to signal readiness by publishing an EB. This EB is an absolute upper bound, and cannot be overridden by miners. Current EB is 1MB, the status-quo. Maybe EB can be configured in a config file, not a UI, since it's an