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📅 Original date posted:2014-07-14
📝 Original message:On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Mike Hearn <mike at plan99.net> wrote:
> just out of curiosity, do you think it will be possible to create any
>> other proper protocol specifications rather than the C++ original?
>
>
> Well it's a finite code base so yes, it should be possible.
>
> The only problem is .... so far everyone who tried it, didn't succeed :)
> Heck even people who tried to reimplement it by reading the code keep
> getting subtle details wrong.
>
> So it should definitely be possible one day, assuming Bitcoin doesn't
> become radically more complex, but it's a minefield.
>
thank for the frank reply
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📝 Original message:On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Mike Hearn <mike at plan99.net> wrote:
> just out of curiosity, do you think it will be possible to create any
>> other proper protocol specifications rather than the C++ original?
>
>
> Well it's a finite code base so yes, it should be possible.
>
> The only problem is .... so far everyone who tried it, didn't succeed :)
> Heck even people who tried to reimplement it by reading the code keep
> getting subtle details wrong.
>
> So it should definitely be possible one day, assuming Bitcoin doesn't
> become radically more complex, but it's a minefield.
>
thank for the frank reply
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