Author: David Perry 2011-09-08 14:42:17
Published on: 2011-09-08T14:42:17+00:00
Recently, on the Bitcoin StackExchange site, there has been a discussion about the alert protocol in Bitcoin. Some users have expressed concerns about the potential for abuse, while others believe it is merely deprecated. To address these concerns, a user forked bitcoin/bitcoin, removed the snippet of code from main.cpp, and submitted a pull request. However, Gavin Andresen noted that consensus should be reached before taking action and argued that the feature was more useful than dangerous. The question being posed is whether the alert system is valuable, an unnecessary risk, or just deprecated code that should be removed. In order to make a decision, further discussion and consensus is needed.
Updated on: 2023-06-04T19:03:35.455918+00:00