Re: [bitcoin-dev] Let's deploy BIP65 CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY!

2015-10-07 Thread Micha Bailey via bitcoin-dev
On Monday, October 5, 2015, Mike Hearn via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > As Greg explained to you repeatedly, a softfork won't cause a >> non-upgraded full node to start accepting blocks that create more >> subsidy than is valid. >> > > It was an example. Adam

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Weekly development meetings on IRC: schedule

2015-09-24 Thread Micha Bailey via bitcoin-dev
That's suboptimal for Europe etc., starting at midnight in the UK, 1 AM in CET, 2 AM in EET (an hour earlier once DST ends). On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, Vincent Truong via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > All, > > Current meeting time visualised globally. > >

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin is an experiment. Why don't we have an experimental hardfork?

2015-08-18 Thread Micha Bailey via bitcoin-dev
A smaller block size would make this a soft fork, as unupgraded nodes would consider the new blocks valid. It would only make things that were allowed forbidden, which is the definition of a soft fork. For a hard fork, you need to allow something that was previously invalid. On Tuesday, August

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin XT 0.11A

2015-08-15 Thread Micha Bailey via bitcoin-dev
If this proposal has less than half of the total hashpower (or is it even less than 75%? Haven't quite thought it through completely) supporting it, I can see the following happening if the sum of supporters and people who want to screw the supporters out of money is at least 75%: Non-supporters