* Re: [bitcoin-dev] Non-confirming block signalling
@ 2017-05-05 13:09 Tomas
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From: Tomas @ 2017-05-05 13:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bryan Bishop; +Cc: Bitcoin Dev
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Sorry, I wasn't aware. This is indeed the same proposal.
On Fri, May 5, 2017, at 15:01, Bryan Bishop wrote:
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Tomas via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-
> dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:>> I propose a method to mark blocks to indicate that they were
>> generated>> without verifying the previous block. This can be done by using
>> a bit of>> the version field.
>
> see also:
> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-December/011853.html>
> - Bryan
> http://heybryan.org/
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* Re: [bitcoin-dev] Non-confirming block signalling
2017-05-05 11:24 Tomas
@ 2017-05-05 13:01 ` Bryan Bishop
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From: Bryan Bishop @ 2017-05-05 13:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tomas, Bryan Bishop; +Cc: Bitcoin Dev
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On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Tomas via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> I propose a method to mark blocks to indicate that they were generated
> without verifying the previous block. This can be done by using a bit of
> the version field.
>
see also:
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-December/011853.html
- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/
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* [bitcoin-dev] Non-confirming block signalling
@ 2017-05-05 11:24 Tomas
2017-05-05 13:01 ` Bryan Bishop
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From: Tomas @ 2017-05-05 11:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bitcoin-dev
I propose a method to mark blocks to indicate that they were generated
without verifying the previous block. This can be done by using a bit of
the version field.
This would counter the reduction of security caused by what is known as
"SPV-mining".
The BIP is here:
https://github.com/tomasvdw/bips/blob/master/bip-non-confirming-block-signalling.mediawiki
Tomas
bitcrust
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