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On 3/26/2017 1:22 PM, Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Peter R via bitcoin-dev
> <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
> <mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
>
>     With a tightening of the rule set, a hash power minority that has
>     not upgraded will not produce a minority branch; instead they will
>     simply have any invalid blocks they produce orphaned, serving as a
>     wake-up call to upgrade.
>
>
> False. With bip9-based soft-fork-based activation of segwit, miner
> blocks will not be orphaned unless they are intentionally
> segwit-invalid (which they currently are not). If you have told miners
> otherwise, let me know.
>

A reasonable miner automatically checks every transaction seen, to see
if it might be valid with his own outputs substituted.


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    On 3/26/2017 1:22 PM, Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev wrote:<br>
    <blockquote
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 2:05 PM,
            Peter R via bitcoin-dev <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
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                    <div>With a tightening of the rule set, a hash power
                      minority that has not upgraded will not produce a
                      minority branch; instead they will simply have any
                      invalid blocks they produce orphaned, serving as a
                      wake-up call to upgrade.</div>
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            <div>False. With bip9-based soft-fork-based activation of
              segwit, miner blocks will not be orphaned unless they are
              intentionally segwit-invalid (which they currently are
              not). If you have told miners otherwise, let me know.</div>
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    <br>
    A reasonable miner automatically checks every transaction seen, to
    see if it might be valid with his own outputs substituted.<br>
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