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From: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:35:58 -0400
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Start time for BIP141 (segwit)
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On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> The fallow period sounds waaaay to short. I suggest 2 months at minimum
> since anyone that wants to be safe needs to upgrade.
>

I asked a lot of businesses and individuals how long it would take them to
upgrade to a new release over the last year or two.

Nobody said it would take them more than two weeks.

If somebody is running their own validation code... then we should assume
they're sophisticated enough to figure out how to mitigate any risks
associated with segwit activation on their own.

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Gavin Andresen

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On S=
un, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr">=
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_bla=
nk">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockqu=
ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc s=
olid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=3D":14l" class=3D"a3s aXjCH m157ce0b7f332af1=
6">The fallow period sounds waaaay to short. I suggest 2 months at minimum<=
br>
since anyone that wants to be safe needs to upgrade.</div></blockquote></di=
v><br>I asked a lot of businesses and individuals how long it would take th=
em to upgrade to a new release over the last year or two.</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Nobody said it would =
take them more than two weeks.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_extra">If somebody is running their own validation code..=
. then we should assume they&#39;re sophisticated enough to figure out how =
to mitigate any risks associated with segwit activation on their own.<br><d=
iv><br></div>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_=
signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>--<br>Gavin Andresen</div=
><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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