Rusty Russell [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2015-09-17 📝 Original message:Jorge Timón via ...
📅 Original date posted:2015-09-17
📝 Original message:Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> I agree on using height vs time. Rusty, what do you mean by being easier
> for bip writers? How is writing "block x" any harder than writing "date y".
Three years from drafting is reasonable. How many blocks is that? Hmm,
better make it 6 years of blocks just in case we have a hash race.
Deployment speed is measured in months, not blocks. It's hard enough to
guess without adding another variable.
Cheers,
Rusty.
📝 Original message:Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> I agree on using height vs time. Rusty, what do you mean by being easier
> for bip writers? How is writing "block x" any harder than writing "date y".
Three years from drafting is reasonable. How many blocks is that? Hmm,
better make it 6 years of blocks just in case we have a hash race.
Deployment speed is measured in months, not blocks. It's hard enough to
guess without adding another variable.
Cheers,
Rusty.