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 <pieter.wui...@gmail.com> 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 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-incompatible one. > > What I mean is have a well-defined 64-bit timestamp for each block, but > only put the lowest 32 bit in the header. Under the condition: > > * There is never a gap of more than 136 years between two blocks. > > The actual 64-bit timestamp can be deterministically derived from the > header, by prefixing it with the lowest 32-bit value that does not > cause the result to violate the > at-least-above-the-median-of-the-previous-11-blocks rule. > > -- > Pieter > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed > leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. > Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development