Author: Luke Dashjr 2015-11-01 19:06:43
Published on: 2015-11-01T19:06:43+00:00
A proposed Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP 113) is causing controversy as it makes any transaction with a locktime between the median time past and the block nTime valid, thereby necessitating a hardfork. Despite this, the BIP is currently being described and deployed as a softfork. Recently, Bitcoin Core merged #6566, which added BIP 113 logic to the mempool and block creation, but this may produce invalid blocks and should be reverted until an appropriate solution is determined. Rusty suggested adding N hours to the median time past for comparison, and to be a proper hardfork, this must be max()'d with the block nTime. However, if a hardfork is planned for the next year or so, it may be best to wait and deploy BIP 113 as part of that. Further thoughts and input are welcome.
Updated on: 2023-06-11T00:50:36.518341+00:00