[bitcoin-dev] Suggested changes to bip8

2017-05-25 Thread Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev
Hi, I didn't want to comment on https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017-February/013643.html because it seemed to me that thread was more broad. I like bip8 very much as an extension to bip9, but I think it could be better. With bip9, a bip9-ready node that sees a softfork act

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Drivechain -- Request for Discussion

2017-05-25 Thread Tier Nolan via bitcoin-dev
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 6:32 PM, CryptAxe via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Also the block number can only change by +1 or -1, so when a new h* is > added to the > queue it must be compared to the most recent h* in the queue. > std::abs(queue.back().nHeight - ToAdd.

[bitcoin-dev] Emergency Deployment of SegWit as a partial mitigation of CVE-2017-9230

2017-05-25 Thread Cameron Garnham via bitcoin-dev
Hello Bitcoin-Dev, CVE-2017-9230 (1) (2), or commonly known as ‘ASICBOOST’ is a severe (3) (4) and actively exploited (5) security vulnerability. To learn more about this vulnerability please read Jeremy Rubin’s detailed report: http://www.mit.edu/~jlrubin//public/pdfs/Asicboost.pdf Andreas