From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd•org>
To: Raystonn <raystonn@hotmail•com>
Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Fork of invalid blocks due to BIP66 violations
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 01:44:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150704054453.GA348@savin.petertodd.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <COL402-EAS195B72E1CF2B75999C1AB11CD950@phx.gbl>
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On Fri, Jul 03, 2015 at 10:43:14PM -0700, Raystonn wrote:
> <p dir="ltr">The SPV clients should be checking node versions. This is for wallet authors to implement. End-users should just stay current with their chosen wallet software.<br>
Nodes can and do lie about what version they are all the time.
Fact is, SPV means you're trusting other people to check the rules for
you. In this particular case bitcoinj could have - and should have -
checked the BIP66 soft-fork rules, but in general there's no easy
solution to this problem.
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-04 5:43 Raystonn
2015-07-04 5:44 ` Peter Todd [this message]
2015-07-04 15:18 ` Justus Ranvier
2015-07-04 15:35 ` Tier Nolan
2015-07-04 16:01 ` Justus Ranvier
2015-07-04 17:58 ` Tier Nolan
2015-07-04 23:33 ` Justus Ranvier
2015-07-05 1:32 ` Tier Nolan
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2015-07-04 5:46 Raystonn
2015-07-04 5:17 Raystonn
2015-07-04 5:22 ` Peter Todd
2015-07-04 5:40 ` odinn
2015-07-04 3:11 Raystonn
2015-07-04 3:17 ` Gregory Maxwell
2015-07-04 3:30 ` Peter Todd
2015-07-04 3:32 ` odinn
2015-07-04 10:04 ` Tier Nolan
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