Hi Mike, I had a similar request on the forums. I suggested adding either a 2 byte 'weeks since genesis' or 'months since genesis', but starting from spec birth works too. Would either of those work for you?
jp On Jul 22, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Mike Hearn <m...@plan99.net> wrote: > This isn't usable for SPV wallets unless it has a birthday in it. Otherwise > you either need to scan the entire chain (slow) or find a fully indexed copy > of the block chain (expensive, more centralised). Just add a UNIX time as an > extra 4 bytes, or if you want to save a few characters then use a uint16 that > represents "days since birth of this specification". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
