Luke-Jr [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2012-02-28 📝 Original message:On Tuesday, February 28, ...
📅 Original date posted:2012-02-28
📝 Original message:On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:48:39 AM Pieter Wuille wrote:
> A simple way to fix this, is adding an extra protocol rule[1]:
>
> Do not allow blocks to contain a transaction whose hash is equal to
> that of a former transaction which has not yet been completely spent.
>
> I've written about it in BIP30[2]. There is a patch for the reference
> client, which has been tested and verified to make the attack
> impossible.
Has it been verified to make even rocconor's complicated transaction-based
version impossible?
> The purpose of this mail is asking for support for adding this rule to
> the protocol rules. If there is consensus this rule is the solution, I
> hope pools and miners can agree to update their nodes without lengthy
> coinbase-flagging procedure that would only delay a solution. So, who
> is in favor?
Can we do this in two steps? First, prefer blocks which don't break the rule;
once 55%+ are confirmed to have upgraded, then it is safe to treat it as a
hard rule.
📝 Original message:On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:48:39 AM Pieter Wuille wrote:
> A simple way to fix this, is adding an extra protocol rule[1]:
>
> Do not allow blocks to contain a transaction whose hash is equal to
> that of a former transaction which has not yet been completely spent.
>
> I've written about it in BIP30[2]. There is a patch for the reference
> client, which has been tested and verified to make the attack
> impossible.
Has it been verified to make even rocconor's complicated transaction-based
version impossible?
> The purpose of this mail is asking for support for adding this rule to
> the protocol rules. If there is consensus this rule is the solution, I
> hope pools and miners can agree to update their nodes without lengthy
> coinbase-flagging procedure that would only delay a solution. So, who
> is in favor?
Can we do this in two steps? First, prefer blocks which don't break the rule;
once 55%+ are confirmed to have upgraded, then it is safe to treat it as a
hard rule.