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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:04:06 +0930
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Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] Version bits with timeout and
	delay.
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Jorge Tim=C3=B3n <jtimon@jtimon.cc> writes:
> On Sep 20, 2015 10:58 PM, "Rusty Russell" <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Jorge Tim=C3=B3n <jtimon@jtimon.cc> writes:
>> > I disagree with the importance of this concern and old soft/hardforks
> will
>> > replace this activation mechanism with height, so that's an argument in
>> > favor of using the height from the start. This is "being discussed" in=
 a
>> > thread branched from bip99's discussion.
>>
>> Thanks, I'll have to dig through bitcoin-dev and find it.
>
> The initial thread is linked to from the BIP document (which is in the
> bitcoin/bips PR).

Thanks, read and digested.

The good news is that timeout via GetMedianTimePast() doesn't have any
effect on "should I accept this to mempool", and seems pretty
uncontroversial.   Activation is by block number once vote hits 95%, so
that too is fairly simple to implement.

Cheers,
Rusty.