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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: soft-fork to make
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On 1 June 2013 21:30, Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org> wrote:

> Currently the most compact way (proof-size) to sacrifice Bitcoins that
> does not involve making them unspendable is to create a anyone-can-spend
> output as the last txout in the coinbase of a block:
>
> scriptPubKey: <data> OP_TRUE
>
> The proof is then the SHA256 midstate, the txout, and the merkle path to
> the block header. However this mechanism needs miner support, and it is
> not possible to pay for such a sacrifice securely, or create an
> assurance contract to create one.
>

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why would someone want to sacrifice
their bitcoins?


>
> A anyone-can-spend in a regular txout is another option, but there is no
> way to prevent a miner from including a transaction spending that txout
> in the same block. Once that happens, there is no way to prove the miner
> didn't create both, thus invalidating the sacrifice. The announce-commit
> protocol solves that problem, but at the cost of a much larger proof,
> especially if multiple parties want to get together to pay the cost of
> the sacrifice. (the proof must include the entire tx used to make the
> sacrifice)
>
> However if we add a rule where txouts ending in OP_TRUE are unspendable
> for 100 blocks, similar to coinbases, we fix these problems. The rule
> can be done as a soft-fork with 95% support in the same way the
> blockheight rule was implemented. Along with that change
> anyone-can-spend outputs should be make IsStandard() so they will be
> relayed.
>
> The alternative is sacrifices to unspendable outputs, which is very
> undesirable compared to sending the money to miners to further
> strengthen the security of the network.
>
> We should always make it easy for people to write code that does what is
> best for Bitcoin.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On 1 June 2013 21:30, Peter Todd <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:pete@petertodd.org" target=3D"_blank">pete@petertodd.org</a>&gt;</spa=
n> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Currently the most compact way (proof-size) =
to sacrifice Bitcoins that<br>
does not involve making them unspendable is to create a anyone-can-spend<br=
>
output as the last txout in the coinbase of a block:<br>
<br>
scriptPubKey: &lt;data&gt; OP_TRUE<br>
<br>
The proof is then the SHA256 midstate, the txout, and the merkle path to<br=
>
the block header. However this mechanism needs miner support, and it is<br>
not possible to pay for such a sacrifice securely, or create an<br>
assurance contract to create one.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sorry=
 if this is a stupid question, but why would someone want to sacrifice thei=
r bitcoins?<br></div><div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<br>
A anyone-can-spend in a regular txout is another option, but there is no<br=
>
way to prevent a miner from including a transaction spending that txout<br>
in the same block. Once that happens, there is no way to prove the miner<br=
>
didn&#39;t create both, thus invalidating the sacrifice. The announce-commi=
t<br>
protocol solves that problem, but at the cost of a much larger proof,<br>
especially if multiple parties want to get together to pay the cost of<br>
the sacrifice. (the proof must include the entire tx used to make the<br>
sacrifice)<br>
<br>
However if we add a rule where txouts ending in OP_TRUE are unspendable<br>
for 100 blocks, similar to coinbases, we fix these problems. The rule<br>
can be done as a soft-fork with 95% support in the same way the<br>
blockheight rule was implemented. Along with that change<br>
anyone-can-spend outputs should be make IsStandard() so they will be<br>
relayed.<br>
<br>
The alternative is sacrifices to unspendable outputs, which is very<br>
undesirable compared to sending the money to miners to further<br>
strengthen the security of the network.<br>
<br>
We should always make it easy for people to write code that does what is<br=
>
best for Bitcoin.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
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