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From: Eric Voskuil <eric@voskuil•org>
To: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail•com>,
	Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Start time for BIP141 (segwit)
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:42:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <85294A85-FDB9-4FDF-911B-C06CBA45DA06@voskuil.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABsx9T2sWKFKpRYsjcgcdef+nL7X9-4+3H10hAy1FsXaax38Og@mail.gmail.com>

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If somebody is not "running their own validation code"  then they aren't actually using Bitcoin, so their ease in transition is irrelevant. For all they know they are accepting random numbers.

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> On Oct 16, 2016, at 9:35 AM, Gavin Andresen via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> The fallow period sounds waaaay to short. I suggest 2 months at minimum
>> since anyone that wants to be safe needs to upgrade.
> 
> I asked a lot of businesses and individuals how long it would take them to upgrade to a new release over the last year or two.
> 
> Nobody said it would take them more than two weeks.
> 
> If somebody is running their own validation code... then we should assume they're sophisticated enough to figure out how to mitigate any risks associated with segwit activation on their own.
> 
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> Gavin Andresen
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-10-16 16:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-16 14:31 Pieter Wuille
2016-10-16 14:58 ` Tom Zander
2016-10-16 16:35   ` Gavin Andresen
2016-10-16 16:42     ` Tom Zander
2016-10-16 16:57       ` Johnson Lau
2016-10-16 17:04       ` [bitcoin-dev] On the security of soft forks Matt Corallo
2016-10-16 16:42     ` Eric Voskuil [this message]
2016-10-16 16:47     ` [bitcoin-dev] Start time for BIP141 (segwit) Douglas Roark
2016-10-16 18:20       ` Tom Zander
2016-10-16 18:41         ` Jorge Timón
2016-10-16 18:54           ` Tom Zander
2016-10-16 19:11             ` Johnson Lau
2016-10-16 20:08               ` Tom Zander
2016-10-17  3:46                 ` Johnson Lau
2016-10-16 19:35         ` [bitcoin-dev] (no subject) Matt Corallo
2016-10-16 20:45           ` Tom Zander
2016-10-17 13:13             ` Btc Drak
2016-10-16 19:49         ` [bitcoin-dev] Start time for BIP141 (segwit) Douglas Roark
2016-10-16 20:58           ` Tom Zander
2016-10-16 21:03             ` gb
2016-10-16 21:08             ` Marek Palatinus
2016-10-16 21:19             ` Andrew C
2016-10-17 11:17               ` Tom Zander
2016-10-17 13:09                 ` Peter Todd
2016-10-17 13:19                 ` Andrew C
2016-10-17 13:27                   ` Btc Drak
2016-10-17 13:31                 ` Jorge Timón
2016-10-16 20:14         ` Btc Drak
2016-10-16 16:08 ` Chris Belcher
2016-10-16 17:52 ` Matt Corallo
2016-10-16 21:49 ` Peter Todd

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