{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub15wz8j5cse6sexlw6f5q7arc5efe5hxn6kcxxyy222et8qms4u3lsemaru8","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub15wz8j5cse6sexlw6f5q7arc5efe5hxn6kcxxyy222et8qms4u3lsemaru8","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2015-09-28\n📝 Original message:Why are they called soft forks when they are really hidden forks?  Isn't\nthe point of a soft fork to prevent old clients from rejecting what they\ndon't have the code to validate?  That seems dangerous.\n\nnotplato\n\nOn Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:12 PM, odinn via bitcoin-dev \u003c\nbitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\u003e wrote:\n\n\u003e -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----\n\u003e Hash: SHA512\n\u003e\n\u003e And still no movement on BIP 63...\n\u003e\n\u003e https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1083961.20\n\u003e\n\u003e Apart from that,\n\u003e\n\u003e All my prior objections to XT still hold as expressed on this list.\n\u003e XT is not acceptable.\n\u003e\n\u003e On the topic of consensus:\n\u003e\n\u003e Reaching consensus, I hope, is something that developers can\n\u003e accomplish by refining and adjusting the BIPS and coming to agreement\n\u003e upon them.  This should be something that can be done in a few months\n\u003e time, before the end of the year.\n\u003e\n\u003e Cheers,\n\u003e\n\u003e - - O\n\u003e\n\u003e Adam Back via bitcoin-dev:\n\u003e \u003e I wonder what Gavin's views are, he's usually constructive, and see\n\u003e \u003e if he'll include it in XT - I think he may have said he was\n\u003e \u003e supportive.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e The rationale for soft vs hard-forks is well known, so I wont go\n\u003e \u003e over them.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e Adam\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e On 28 September 2015 at 06:48, Mike Hearn via bitcoin-dev\n\u003e \u003e \u003cbitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\u003e wrote:\n\u003e \u003e\u003e There is no consensus on using a soft fork to deploy this\n\u003e \u003e\u003e feature. It will result in the same problems as all the other\n\u003e \u003e\u003e soft forks - SPV wallets will become less reliable during the\n\u003e \u003e\u003e rollout period. I am against that, as it's entirely avoidable.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e Make it a hard fork and my objection will be dropped.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e Until then, as there is no consensus, you need to do one of two\n\u003e \u003e\u003e things:\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e 1) Drop the \"everyone must agree to make changes\" idea that\n\u003e \u003e\u003e people here like to peddle, and do it loudly, so everyone in the\n\u003e \u003e\u003e community is correctly informed\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e 2) Do nothing\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev\n\u003e \u003e\u003e mailing list bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\n\u003e \u003e\u003e https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing\n\u003e \u003e list bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\n\u003e \u003e https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e - --\n\u003e http://abis.io ~\n\u003e \"a protocol concept to enable decentralization\n\u003e and expansion of a giving economy, and a new social good\"\n\u003e https://keybase.io/odinn\n\u003e -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----\n\u003e\n\u003e iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJWCa0jAAoJEGxwq/inSG8CuCUIALiRt6cE3b+9f+l9m6aMTjIR\n\u003e vTEIM/7B4dIZW9eatXmkxyd44uz5YoN93SlZtV62c90HCqqpFRBCfyXRyXzQ11E7\n\u003e 0i70or5LnWDOqrD1bSsCEdrQxPIpAQnv101UHe3iyn/uHAVBiz/HfqvGMruNt0r1\n\u003e 4sMecp+LedWpy6/p9c6iMHV1rhtYRfmRfJHj+9KlSn+in5PQKx2kieWqpfqjmlNs\n\u003e J/UNoLvRuF0YxDcqEdp2BAaI0s+NyXBo3YDi4R77U9YPRj/cYuWHh/yPKAvFW+2K\n\u003e 0d9NNuKSKEY/m4uW3ghPEJL7OxlGbOoNWFS3kcKYr+BanfsPTov7yHQhBuRBRPw=\n\u003e =hd0W\n\u003e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e bitcoin-dev mailing list\n\u003e bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\n\u003e https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20150928/fd9d5a38/attachment.html\u003e"}