Re: [Bitcoin-development] 32 vs 64-bit timestamp fields

2013-05-09 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Mike Hearn wrote: > 2038 issues only apply to use of signed timestamps, I thought we treat > this field as unsigned? Is it really a big deal? Not a big deal at all, no. -- Jeff Garzik exMULTI, Inc. jgar...@exmulti.com

Re: [Bitcoin-development] 32 vs 64-bit timestamp fields

2013-05-09 Thread Mike Hearn
2038 issues only apply to use of signed timestamps, I thought we treat this field as unsigned? Is it really a big deal? On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Pieter Wuille wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 10:42:44PM -0400, Peter Todd wrote: >> Ah, shoot, I just realized we both got missed Pieter's poin

Re: [Bitcoin-development] An initial replace-by-fee implementation is now available

2013-05-09 Thread Peter Todd
On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 02:07:23PM +0200, Adam Back wrote: > I have to say I do not think you want to have it be random as to who gets > paid (by having conflicting double spends floating around with different > payee & change addresses all from the same sending address.) Indeed. That's the point

Re: [Bitcoin-development] An initial replace-by-fee implementation is now available

2013-05-09 Thread Adam Back
I have to say I do not think you want to have it be random as to who gets paid (by having conflicting double spends floating around with different payee & change addresses all from the same sending address.) About current defacto no replacement: it is the best bitcoin currently has, and it has v

Re: [Bitcoin-development] An initial replace-by-fee implementation is now available

2013-05-09 Thread Peter Todd
On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 01:19:13PM +0200, Adam Back wrote: > In this thread discussing this idea > > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179612.0 > > it is suggested that the approach risks making 0-confirm double-spends > easier. The patch makes the concept of a 0-confirm double-spend obso

Re: [Bitcoin-development] An initial replace-by-fee implementation is now available

2013-05-09 Thread Adam Back
In this thread discussing this idea https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179612.0 it is suggested that the approach risks making 0-confirm double-spends easier. I dont see why this should be. Cant part of the validation of accepting a fee revision be that every aspct of the revision except

Re: [Bitcoin-development] 32 vs 64-bit timestamp fields

2013-05-09 Thread Pieter Wuille
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 10:42:44PM -0400, Peter Todd wrote: > Ah, shoot, I just realized we both got missed Pieter's point entirely: > he means to change the meaning of the header timestamp to be relative > time passed since the last block... No, though that's also a possibility, but a backward-in

[Bitcoin-development] An initial replace-by-fee implementation is now available

2013-05-09 Thread John Dillon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 After some consultation with affected sites by myself and Peter we have decided to release an initial replace-by-fee implementation and setup a server using those rules on testnet. This implementation does not include recursive fee evaluation, and is