It is a consensus rule https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0034.mediawiki
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Sunday, 2 April 2017 22:39:13 CEST Russell O'Connor via bitcoin-dev > wrote: >> Someone told me a while back that it would be more natural if we move the >> nHeight from the coinbase script to the coinbase locktime. Have you >> considered doing this? > > That change would not be a consensus change and thus free to make any day. > > -- > Tom Zander > Blog: https://zander.github.io > Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
