Re: [bitcoin-dev] Taproot proposal

2019-09-16 Thread ZmnSCPxj via bitcoin-dev
Good morning Greg and John, I am not as sanguine here; SegWit activation was already delayed relative to commonly-broadcast expectations, yet many services *still* do not support sending to SegWit v0 addresses even now. On the other hand, the major benefit of taproot is the better privacy and

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Introcing a side memory network to bitcoin for ads

2019-09-16 Thread ZmnSCPxj via bitcoin-dev
Good morning Tamas, Thank you for taking the time to implement my idea. I filed an issue proposing a feature to add a "contact point" fixed-length field to all advertisements. https://github.com/defiads/defiads/issues/1 I believe this gives me the right to say: First post. I will try to take a

[bitcoin-dev] Introcing a side memory network to bitcoin for ads

2019-09-16 Thread Tamas Blummer via bitcoin-dev
I introduced you to the pattern of a side memory to bitcoin in [1] and promised an implementation of it. Here you are. defiads is a side memory network to bitcoin, implemented in Rust, built on top of rust-bitcoin, murmel, hammersbald, rust-bitcoinconsenus, rust-wallet, all Rust open source free

Re: [bitcoin-dev] PoW fraud proofs without a soft fork

2019-09-16 Thread David A. Harding via bitcoin-dev
On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 05:39:28AM +0200, Ruben Somsen via bitcoin-dev wrote: > After looking more deeply into Tadge Dryja’s utreexo work [0], it has > become clear to me that this opens up a way to implement PoW fraud > proofs [1] without a soft fork. This is a nifty idea. > [...] you’d need to

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Taproot proposal

2019-09-16 Thread Greg Sanders via bitcoin-dev
> I'd prefer to not support P2SH-nested TR. P2SH wrapping was useful for segwit v0 for compatibility reasons. Most wallets/exchanges/services now support sending to native segwit addresses (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bech32_adoption) and that will be even more true if Schnorr/Taproot activate in 12

[bitcoin-dev] Transcripts from Scaling Bitcoin 2019

2019-09-16 Thread Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev
Hi, Here are some transcripts of talks from Scaling Bitcoin 2019 Tel Aviv. Any errors are most likely my own. Training material Training materials for bitcoin developers: https://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/tel-aviv-2019/edgedevplusplus/ Foundation topics: https://diy