Author: Jean-Paul Kogelman 2013-10-26 01:01:49
Published on: 2013-10-26T01:01:49+00:00
On October 25, 2013, Gavin Andresen discussed a proposal by Mike Hearn to include an "error" message in the Bitcoin p2p protocol. The proposal had been brought up multiple times since the implementation of code to mitigate denial-of-service attacks. The proposal resurfaced again during discussions about proposed "smartfee" changes that would drop low-priority or low-fee transactions. The discussion also raised questions about the use of fixed-length strings or enums in the Bitcoin protocol.
Updated on: 2023-06-07T18:41:29.799831+00:00