[bitcoin-dev] Proposal to update BIP-32

2016-04-20 Thread Jochen Hoenicke via bitcoin-dev
Hello Bitcoin Developers, I would like to make a proposal to update BIP-32 in a small way. TL;DR: BIP-32 is hard to use right (due to its requirement to skip addresses). This proposal suggests a modification such that the difficulty can be encapsulated in the library. #MOTIVATION: The current

[bitcoin-dev] Sidechains pre-BIP Discussion

2016-04-20 Thread Paul Sztorc via bitcoin-dev
Dear list, This message concerns pegged "sidechains", namely the Two Way Peg [1]. Specifically, it is to introduce a new OP Code (perhaps called "OP_CheckVotesVerify"). This OP code can be deployed by soft fork, and has (as we all probably know) many benefits, including: 1. ("Optional hard forks"