[Bitcoin-segwit2x] SegWit2x Hard Fork Testing Update

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 09:27:45AM -0400, Jeff Garzik via Bitcoin-segwit2x wrote: > As stated ~20 hours ago, segwit2x will not merge a change that breaks all > wallets. segwit2x already breaks lite wallets ability to securely send and receive funds. Making use of the hard-fork bit restores that ability back to the status quo level of security. Now, it is true that a HF bit breaks the *apparent* ability to do that, but that ability is not useful without being secure. Our primary goal as Bitcoin devs isn't to pop up a UI notifcation saying "you're paid!", our primary goal is to ensure that notification never pops up when the user *hasn't* been paid. Thinking otherwise is a common misconception in programmers without experience working with security software: the goals of security are exactly opposite normal software, as you're primary goal is to prevent bad things from happening. -- https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 455 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-segwit2x/attachments/20170713/8a50a45b/attachment.sig>