BIP70: why Google Protocol Buffers for encoding?



Summary:

The sender expresses confusion regarding the determinism properties of protobuf which they haven't looked at in a long time. They recall that it doesn't guarantee serialized identically structures and is primarily used to send named fields between systems. The email includes a message from Richard Brady thanking the responders for their answers and expressing his understanding of the design choice, regardless of personal agreement with it. The email also includes an advertisement for GigeNET's new data center in Ashburn, VA.


Updated on: 2023-06-09T15:32:31.081829+00:00