Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Start time for BIP141 (segwit)

From: Eric Voskuil <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:42:49 -0700

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 <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev <[email-masked]> 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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