Re: [bitcoin-dev] Alternative name for CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY (BIP112)

2015-11-25 Thread Eric Lombrozo via bitcoin-dev
As I said in an earlier post, a systems developer and an application developer have very different perspectives on this. From the former's perspective, it is entirely sensible to name things based on basic features of the system's design (i.e. a field in the txin or tx that gets checked) - but

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Alternative name for CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY (BIP112)

2015-11-25 Thread Mark Friedenbach via bitcoin-dev
Looks like I'm the long dissenting voice here? As the originator of the name CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, perhaps I can explain why the name was appropriately chosen and why the proposed alternatives don't stand up. First, the names are purposefully chosen to illustrate what they do: What does CHECKLOCKT

[bitcoin-dev] Why sharding the blockchain is difficult

2015-11-25 Thread Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3u1m36/why_arent_we_as_a_community_talking_about/cxbamhn?context=3 The following was originally posted to reddit; I was asked to repost it here: In a system where everyone mostly trusts each other, sharding works great! You just split up the blockchain th

Re: [bitcoin-dev] OP_CHECKWILDCARDSIGVERIFY or "Wildcard Inputs" or "Coalescing Transactions"

2015-11-25 Thread Dave Scotese via bitcoin-dev
The message could specify: { stib: 0x01, TxnCount: (# of entries in the Indexes array) Indexes: [{BLK: Block#,Txns:[TxIndex,TxIndex,...]},{BLK: Block#,Txns:[...]}], NewUTXO: (The script that will spend these coins) } *stib *is a Script Template Index Bitfield: Must (currently) be the byte 0x0

Re: [bitcoin-dev] OP_CHECKWILDCARDSIGVERIFY or "Wildcard Inputs" or "Coalescing Transactions"

2015-11-25 Thread Trevin Hofmann via bitcoin-dev
> Considering the website example, where most websites uses static content, a bitcoin address could accumulate a dozen of transactions before the webmaster changes the address to a new one. Would this use case be a better match for something such as stealth addresses or hierarchical deterministic

Re: [bitcoin-dev] OP_CHECKWILDCARDSIGVERIFY or "Wildcard Inputs" or "Coalescing Transactions"

2015-11-25 Thread Erik via bitcoin-dev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nice idea. I see it as an important feature because of several reasons: Considering the website example, where most websites uses static content, a bitcoin address could accumulate a dozen of transactions before the webmaster changes the address to