I am Jihan. Hello Memo!
I do understand. It was not consensus among the 3 major clients. I'm all for checkpoints, but not in the manner this was implemented.
I just saw the timestamps. If what Andreas Brekken's time references are correct, there was at least 1 hour in which the fork checkpoint was not public
Checkpoints aren’t the problem. Open source isn’t the problem. The way in which this particular checkpoint was implemented is the problem.
I only want my money behind an Einstein, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk. I’m never putting my fortune behind anything less than genius again.
You're putting your money behind mathematics, which are constant across the universe. That makes this experiment universally special 💚
Do you support Amaurys Vision or Satoshis vision?
Neither. That's my conundrum.
If the link is to the open source code, why did you send it in private? LOL
R u hiding smthg?
Wut? LOL
Damn....you SV cucks are really off the rails.
What if you die or lose wallet access? There are legit uses for this re-mining of such addresses. Just don't leave them forever like that, move them every few years & you're fine.
There are no such uses. This is lunacy, theft, and fraud. The very basis of Bitcoin is holding the private key and an immutable ledger.
Only if every client has the same set of rules. Right now, it appears BU/XT did not add the checkpoint. This alters consensus. Again, I'm all for it, we just need to be consistent.
There was really agreement on checkpoints? ABC Included them as a client policy, but I think other implementations (BU, XT, etc) didn't.
That's my issue with it. Checkpoints are fine, but if only one implementation does it then it may cause a split. Fix the protocol and propagation, not mess with consensus.
Oh and BSV is 37% more profitable to mine than ABC or BTC. 😉
The apparent profitability is because of the higher orphan rate. For that reason, it will always appear to be more profitable when it isn't.
Reminds me of https://libraryofbabel.info/
I’ve seen that, too! Fascinating!
If I wasn't so embarrassed by the code I'd throw it on GitHub. It derives the private key based on the integer (1 to group order), then derives comp/uncomp pub keys.
I just tried it with a new key I made, good job and I hope you teach people something
I just tried it with a new key I made, good job and I hope you teach people something
Maybe I should create an About page to show the concept and math behind it. It's mind blowing that all of modern society is based on numbers so big you can't guess them.
If I wasn't so embarrassed by the code I'd throw it on GitHub. It derives the private key based on the integer (1 to group order), then derives comp/uncomp pub keys.
I derive the keys in real time. Not looking to steal funds though; there's a big red warning telling you not to use important keys.
If the link is to the open source code, why did you send it in private? LOL
R u hiding smthg?
Maybe I am in wrong here. Sorry if that's the case
That's ok. Just trying to help explain it. Ask any questions you'd like 👍
Not public checkpoint. Known to only a subset of miners/services
Everything is public. You are misinformed or misunderstand how the software is distributed.
I can't help but feel that open source is very much like "Terms and Conditions", its always there but not enough people look at it
I agree and would hope a mining outfit or exchange at least browses the commits before upgrading since so much money is on the line.
So why you compare public checkpoints with hidden checkpoints, known only to selected miners and exchanges?
You can't hide open source. The code, including checkpoints, are visible to every person on this planet including miners/exchanges. No such thing as hidden checkpoints 🤷♂️
Was any of those checkpoints hidden from a subset of the miners?
You can't hide things in open source. I just sent you the link to the code.
ABC already implemented permissioned mining with the hidden checkpoint. Why do you praise them and hate this?
Don't think it has anything to do with crypto (other than the target market).
Thank you for that info.
For me the checkpoint change was rushed, but I understand BCH was under threat. Most of the concern comes from BCV supporters: they want a chain more easy to attack.
If some hash power from SV is enough to put BCH under threat, then we have a tremendous problem. We need to attack test net in the lab to harden against that.
