Jonathan Toomim [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2015-12-26 š Original message:On Dec 26, 2015, at 8:44 ...
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Original date posted:2015-12-26
š Original message:On Dec 26, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Furthermore, 75% is pretty terrible as a switchover point, as it guarantees that old nodes will still see a 25% forked off chain temporarily.
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Yes, 75% plus a grace period is better. I prefer a grace period of about 4000 to 8000 blocks (1 to 2 months).
From my discussions with miners, I think we will be able to create a hardfork proposal that reaches about 90% support among miners, or possibly higher. I'll post a summary of those discussions in the next 24 hours.
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š Original message:On Dec 26, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Furthermore, 75% is pretty terrible as a switchover point, as it guarantees that old nodes will still see a 25% forked off chain temporarily.
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Yes, 75% plus a grace period is better. I prefer a grace period of about 4000 to 8000 blocks (1 to 2 months).
From my discussions with miners, I think we will be able to create a hardfork proposal that reaches about 90% support among miners, or possibly higher. I'll post a summary of those discussions in the next 24 hours.
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