Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Enhancement Proposals (BEPS)

2011-09-19 Thread bgroff
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/ is a good reference if you're > interested in seeing how PEPs work in action. I would be more than > willing to maintain a similar index if that's what people want. Would the multi-signature proposal be a good test case for BEP-0002? https://gist.github.com/dba89

Re: [Bitcoin-development] New standard transaction types: time to schedule a blockchain split?

2011-08-26 Thread bgroff
"Gavin Andresen" wrote: > I wanted to talk about it now so there is rough consensus on what to > put on the road map, and to get as many smart brains looking at the > proposal and making it as good as possible. Current proposal is at: > https://gist.github.com/39158239e36f6af69d6f > > I have t

Re: [Bitcoin-development] New standard transaction types: time to schedule a blockchain split?

2011-08-26 Thread bgroff
>> Whitelisting the basic CHECKMULTISIG form (assuming it can be made to >> work) seems uncontroversial, why not do it today? > > That seems like the right way forward. > > I just wrote a unit test and stepped through the CHECKMULTISIG code to > see exactly what the bug is, and the offending line i

Re: [Bitcoin-development] New standard transaction types: time to schedule a blockchain split?

2011-08-24 Thread bgroff
"Gavin Andresen" wrote: > It seems to me the fastest path to very secure, very-hard-to-lose > bitcoin wallets is multi-signature transactions. > > To organize this discussion: first, does everybody agree? I agree. For example, a corporate wallet can require threshold signatures to disburse. Or