Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 02:27:04 -0400
From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
To: shaolinfry <shaolinfry@protonmail.ch>
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Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Barry Silbert segwit agreement
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On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 02:12:08AM -0400, shaolinfry via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Someone sent me a copy of the Barry Silbert agreement, an agreement forge=
d between a select number of participants https://pastebin.com/VuCYteJh

It's interesting how changing the bit used to signal could be used as a way=
 to
try to trick people into changing node software ASAP to support the hard-fo=
rk
code. Basically, the narrative would be that other software *doesn't* suppo=
rt
segwit, so you have to upgrade right away.

> A fourth option, first suggested to me by James Hilliard, was to make BIP=
148 miner triggered (MASF) with a lower threshold, above 50%. I coded this =
up a few weeks ago https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/compare/master...shao=
linfry:segsignal but didnt get around to posting to the ML yet. This effect=
ively lowers the threshold from 95% to 65% as coded, or could be upped to 8=
0% or whatever was preferable.

In contrast this proposal wouldn't have that effect, because as you point o=
ut
it's compatibel with the existing segwit protocol once activated.

Smells like political engineering to me.

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