Author: Peter Todd 2013-05-08 23:44:22
Published on: 2013-05-08T23:44:22+00:00
Addy Yeow asked the reason behind having 32-bit and 64-bit timestamp fields instead of all being 64-bit on Bitcoin. The answer is that Satoshi used 32-bits and changing those fields now would require every single Bitcoin user to change at once, which is a "hard-fork" change. It is probable that a hard-fork change will be needed eventually for other reasons, so fixing the timestamps can be left until then.
Updated on: 2023-06-06T16:25:30.797780+00:00