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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP 68 (Relative Locktime) bug
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Note that you can put 0 in the sequence number field and it would work just
as expected under the old rules. I will perhaps suggest instead that
Bitcoin Core post-0.11 switch to doing this instead for that case.

On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Tom Harding <tomh@thinlink.com> wrote:

> BIP 68 uses nSequence to specify relative locktime, but nSequence also
> continues to condition the transaction-level locktime.
>
> This dual effect will prevent a transaction from having an effective
> nLocktime without also requiring at least one of its inputs to be mined
> at least one block (or one second) ahead of its parent.
>
> The fix is to shift the semantics so that nSequence = MAX_INT - 1
> specifies 0 relative locktime, rather than 1.  This change will also
> preserve the semantics of transactions that have already been created
> with the specific nSequence value MAX_INT - 1 (for example all
> transactions created by the bitcoin core wallet starting in 0.11).
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Note that you can put 0 in the sequence number field and i=
t would work just as expected under the old rules. I will perhaps suggest i=
nstead that Bitcoin Core post-0.11 switch to doing this instead for that ca=
se.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On S=
un, Jul 5, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Tom Harding <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:tomh@thinlink.com" target=3D"_blank">tomh@thinlink.com</a>&gt;</span> =
wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bord=
er-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">BIP 68 uses nSequence to specify r=
elative locktime, but nSequence also<br>
continues to condition the transaction-level locktime.<br>
<br>
This dual effect will prevent a transaction from having an effective<br>
nLocktime without also requiring at least one of its inputs to be mined<br>
at least one block (or one second) ahead of its parent.<br>
<br>
The fix is to shift the semantics so that nSequence =3D MAX_INT - 1<br>
specifies 0 relative locktime, rather than 1.=C2=A0 This change will also<b=
r>
preserve the semantics of transactions that have already been created<br>
with the specific nSequence value MAX_INT - 1 (for example all<br>
transactions created by the bitcoin core wallet starting in 0.11).<br>
<br>
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