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On Sunday, November 15, 2015 1:02:33 AM Peter R via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> A group of us have been exploring this =E2=80=9Cmeta-cognition=E2=80=9D i=
dea with Bitcoin
> Unlimited. For example, Bitcoin Unlimited can be (optionally) made to
> automatically fork to the longest chain if it =E2=80=9Cgets stuck=E2=80=
=9D and can neither
> prove that a block is valid nor that the block is invalid.
This situation isn't something that can be ignored and simply moved past. I=
f=20
you can't determine the validity of a block, you also cannot process its=20
results correctly. Taking for example the BDB/LevelDB issue, the result was=
=20
that BDB failed to accept further changes to the UTXO set. Unless the UTXO =
set=20
could be updated correctly, there is no way to even attempt to validate the=
=20
next block or any new transactions.
Luke
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