I agree, thanks. FWIW I’ve never been a fan of the ‘reject’ message, or its implementation.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0061 e > On Oct 18, 2019, at 18:46, David A. Harding <d...@dtrt.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 01:16:47PM -0700, Eric Voskuil via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> As this is a P2P protocol change it should be exposed as a version >> increment (and a BIP) [...] >> >> BIP61 is explicit: >> >> “All implementations of the P2P protocol version 70,002 and later >> should support the reject message.“ > > I don't think a new BIP or a version number increment is necessary. > > 1. "Should support" isn't the same as "must support". See > https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119 ; by that reading, > implementations with protocol versions above 70,002 are not required > to support the reject message. > > 2. If you don't implement a BIP, as Bitcoin Core explicitly doesn't any > more for BIP61[1], you're not bound by its conditions. > > -Dave > > [1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/bips.md "BIP61 > [...] Support was removed in v0.20.0"
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