On Saturday, February 06, 2016 5:25:21 PM Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev wrote: > On Saturday, February 06, 2016 06:09:21 PM Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > None of the reasons you list say anything about the fact that "being > > lost" (kicked out of the network) is a problem for those node's users. > > That's because its not. > > If you have a node that is "old" your node will stop getting new blocks. > The node will essentially just say "x-hours behind" with "x" getting larger > every hour. Funds don't get confirmed. etc.
Until someone decides to attack you. Then you'll get 6, 10, maybe more blocks confirming a large 10000 BTC payment. If you're just a normal end user (or perhaps an automated system), you'll figure that payment is good and irreversibly hand over the title to the house. Luke _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
