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On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 06:37:19PM +0200, Pavol Rusnak via bitcoin-dev wrot=
e:
> On 07/09/17 18:30, Kabuto Samourai wrote:
> > Why not make this block height, rather than a timestamp?
>=20
> Blockheight depends on the chain. XPUB is not tied to particular
> chain/coin.
>=20
> Also there are already cryptocurrencies that do not use blockchain, but
> directed acyclic graph (DAG) for storing transactions. So it would not
> be obvious what number to use as a blockheight.
>=20
> OTOH all blockchains contain timestamps in their blocks, so we can use th=
at.
More to the point, even for the blockchains that don't contain timestamps in
their blocks, their blocks do exist in our spacetime continum and thus are
created at a specific point in time. :)
If someone does however come up with an example of a blockchain that does n=
ot
occupy our spacetime continum, I'd love to hear about it!
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