Hey ZmnSCPxj,
As to your first point. I wasn't aware there was so much volatility at the
tip, also 100 blocks is quite the difference! I agree no one could
references a transaction in a newly formed blocks, but I'm curious how this
number was chosen. Do you have any documentation or code that
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:47:54PM +0100, Chris Belcher via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> A way to create a fidelity bond is to burn an amount of bitcoins by
> sending to a OP_RETURN output. Another kind is time-locked addresses
> created using OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY where the valuable thing being
>
On Tuesday 23 July 2019 14:47:18 Andreas Schildbach via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> 3) Afaik, it enforces/encourages address re-use. This stems from the
> fact that the server decides on the filter and in particular on the
> false positive rate. On wallets with many addresses, a hardcoded filter
> will
This conversation went off the rails somewhat. I don't think there's any
immediate risk of NODE_BLOOM peers being unavailable. This is a defaults
change, not a removal of the code to serve BIP 37 peers (nor would I suggest
removing said code while people still want to use them - the maintenance
В Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:10:15 +0200
Tamas Blummer via bitcoin-dev
wrote:
> Imposing opportunity costs however requires larger time locked
> amounts than burning and the user might not have sufficient funds to
> do so. This is however not a restriction but an opportunity that can
> give rise to an
On 7/23/19 10:47 AM, Andreas Schildbach via bitcoin-dev wrote:
3) Afaik, it enforces/encourages address re-use. This stems from the
fact that the server decides on the filter and in particular on the
false positive rate. On wallets with many addresses, a hardcoded filter
will be too blurry and
> 1) It causes way too much traffic for mobile users, and likely even too
> much traffic for fixed lines in not so developed parts of the world.
Yes. It causes more traffic than BIP37.
Basic block filters for current last ~7 days (1008 blocks) are about 19MB (just
the filters).
On top, you will
