Eric Voskuil [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2016-10-16 📝 Original message:If somebody is not ...

📅 Original date posted:2016-10-16
📝 Original message: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 <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> 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.
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> 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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