Andrew Poelstra [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2023-02-17 šļø Summary of this message: Andrew Poelstra ...
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Original date posted:2023-02-17
šļø Summary of this message: Andrew Poelstra discusses the potential issues with banning specific script fragments in Bitcoin and suggests an alternative solution.
š Original message:On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:35:34PM +0000, Andrew Poelstra via bitcoin-dev wrote:
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> If you ban any of these specific script fragments then spammers will
> just use `IF <anything> ENDIF` and provide the `FALSE` as a zero push.
> And banning *this* would ban legitimate use cases.
>
I realize this is confusingly worded. I mean, they'd provide the `FALSE`
as a separate witness element rather than being part of the witnessScript.
--
Andrew Poelstra
Director of Research, Blockstream
Email: apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Web: https://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew
The sun is always shining in space
-Justin Lewis-Webster
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šļø Summary of this message: Andrew Poelstra discusses the potential issues with banning specific script fragments in Bitcoin and suggests an alternative solution.
š Original message:On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:35:34PM +0000, Andrew Poelstra via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>
> If you ban any of these specific script fragments then spammers will
> just use `IF <anything> ENDIF` and provide the `FALSE` as a zero push.
> And banning *this* would ban legitimate use cases.
>
I realize this is confusingly worded. I mean, they'd provide the `FALSE`
as a separate witness element rather than being part of the witnessScript.
--
Andrew Poelstra
Director of Research, Blockstream
Email: apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Web: https://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew
The sun is always shining in space
-Justin Lewis-Webster
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