Author: Gregory Maxwell 2017-04-14 20:59:55
Published on: 2017-04-14T20:59:55+00:00
A recent email exchange on the bitcoin-dev mailing list has sparked debate about the potential consequences of relying on one implementation and user configuration to avoid chain forks. Tom Zander's comments were criticized for their tone, with other participants accusing him of driving people off the list. The discussion centered around the fact that miners who have not modified their software will not mine segwit incompatible blocks, and that it is possible for anyone to modify their software to produce invalid blocks at any time. However, as of now, there have been no observable broken nodes due to this issue. James Hilliard was commended for correcting any misinformation that was presented during the conversation.
Updated on: 2023-05-20T01:59:34.736665+00:00