> Birthday

Why not make this block height, rather than a timestamp?

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Pavol Rusnak <stick@satoshilabs.com> wrote:

> On 07/09/17 05:52, Kabuto Samourai wrote:
> > The birthday field is interesting. Could you provide some motivation for
> > its inclusion?
>
> Birthday is something SPV wallet developers have been wanting for years.
> It helps them with the initial scan, so SPV wallet does not have to
> download every block in the blockchain, but only the ones after birthday.
>
> > Could you also add some test vectors?
>
> I will add some test vectors, when we agree this is the way to go.
>
> > There are a few minor grammar / spelling errors, but we can nitpick
> > those after this goes to the pull request stage on bitcoin/bips.
>
> +1
>
> --
> Best Regards / S pozdravom,
>
> Pavol "stick" Rusnak
> CTO, SatoshiLabs
>



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-Kabuto

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