{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1tfk373zg9dnmtvxnpnq7s2dkdgj37rwfj3yrwld7830qltmv8qps8rfq0n","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1tfk373zg9dnmtvxnpnq7s2dkdgj37rwfj3yrwld7830qltmv8qps8rfq0n","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2017-05-12\n📝 Original message:On Friday 12 May 2017 10:22:14 PM Peter Todd wrote:\n\u003e nVersion signaling is already technically unenforceable, in the sense that\n\u003e we don't have good ways of ensuring miners actually adopt the rules\n\u003e they're claiming to signal. Equally, it's users who ultimately adopt\n\u003e rules, not miners, and attempting to pay miners to signal certain bits\n\u003e will further confuse this point.\n\nThis BIP doesn't change that. Enforcement remains primarily by users.\n\n\u003e Quite likely the outcome of users trying to anonymously pay anonymous\n\u003e miners to signal certain bits will be the complete breakdown of the\n\u003e honesty of the nVersion signalling system, currently enforced only by\n\u003e \"gentlemans agreement\".\n\nYou assume users will pay for signalling of softforks prematurely. So long as \nit waits until deployment of the softfork is widespread, this risk is minimal. \nAt worst, it creates risks similar to a UASF. So long as UASF is the \nalternative, this way seems strictly better.\n\n\u003e Also, as an aside, this \"specification\" again shows the inadequacy and\n\u003e unreadability of English language specifications. I'd strongly suggest you\n\u003e delete it and instead mark the \"reference implementation\" as the\n\u003e specification.\n\nHow so?\n\nOn Friday 12 May 2017 10:17:30 PM ZmnSCPxj wrote:\n\u003e Minor editorial nitpick, this paragraph is repeated, maybe one of these\n\u003e should be Testnet?\n\u003e \n\u003e For Bitcoin '''mainnet''', the BIP8 '''starttime''' will be TBD (Epoch\n\u003e timestamp TBD) and BIP8 '''timeout''' will be TBD (Epoch timestamp TBD).\n\u003e \n\u003e For Bitcoin '''mainnet''', the BIP8 '''starttime''' will be TBD (Epoch\n\u003e timestamp TBD) and BIP8 '''timeout''' will be TBD (Epoch timestamp TBD).\n\nFixed, thanks.\n\nLuke"}