Author: Peter Todd 2015-09-03 17:52:55
Published on: 2015-09-03T17:52:55+00:00
In a discussion on bitcoin-dev, Btc Drak proposed using a 4-byte unsigned integer to represent size in bytes instead of human-readable strings. However, Peter Todd strongly objected to the idea, stating that making string parsers part of the consensus critical codebase was not necessary and was too complex. The conversation ended with Todd's signature attached in a non-text attachment.
Updated on: 2023-06-10T21:56:54.565875+00:00