Re: [bitcoin-dev] ScalingBitcoin 2015: Retarget - Call For Proposals Now Open

2016-08-31 Thread Matt Corallo via bitcoin-dev
Hi all, For those who missed it, the deadline for submissions has been extended to Sept 9th so be sure to submit before then! We will be doing rolling acceptance this time around to try to get most responses out before the 23rd. Because a few folks seemed to have some confusion, the definition of

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Capital Efficient Honeypots w/ "Scorched Earth" Doublespending Protection

2016-08-31 Thread Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 07:48:50PM +, James MacWhyte wrote: > > > > >I've always assumed honeypots were meant to look like regular, yet > > >poorly-secured, assets. > > > > Not at all. Most servers have zero reason to have any Bitcoin's accessible > > via them, so the presence of BTC privkeys i

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Capital Efficient Honeypots w/ "Scorched Earth" Doublespending Protection

2016-08-31 Thread James MacWhyte via bitcoin-dev
> > >I've always assumed honeypots were meant to look like regular, yet > >poorly-secured, assets. > > Not at all. Most servers have zero reason to have any Bitcoin's accessible > via them, so the presence of BTC privkeys is a gigantic red flag that they > are part of a honeypot. > I was talking a

[bitcoin-dev] BIP75 Update - August 31, 2016

2016-08-31 Thread James MacWhyte via bitcoin-dev
Hello all, Today we are submitting some updates to BIP75: -- Example use cases have been reworded to more accurately describe the goal of this BIP and how the technology works. -- ECDSA and PGP have been added to the supported public key infrastructure (PKI) types to increase flexibility and use

Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP 151

2016-08-31 Thread Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev
Hello Eric, I felt like I still owed you a response to the points below. On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Eric Voskuil wrote: > Pieter, these are in my opinion very reasonable positions. I've made some > observations inline. > >> On Jun 30, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Pieter Wuille wrote: >> >> On Thu,