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SegWit forked unexpectedly on testnet

Fri Mar 04, 2016 7:43 pm

SegWit is a very complex change to bitcoin. If it is implemented without proper testing, bad things can happen.

Of course SegWit is still in development right now, so it would not be fair to judge it too harshly... but it did just fork unexpectedly on their testnet:
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This just shows how COMPLEX a change is being implemented, while a SIMPLE 2MB block size solution is available right now.

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Re: SegWit forked unexpectedly on testnet

Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:41 pm

It looks like it has been answered today on #segwit-dev IRC channel:
22:08:05 <instagibbs> hey you guys are famous: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/commen ... n_testnet/
22:08:18 <instagibbs> if the reasoning is conclusively verified, might be a good idea to send the word out
22:26:32 <cfields> sipa/morcos/CodeShark: as suggested by jl2012, I added the sigops-counting change to my old/busted segwit node, and verified that reconsiderblock is now happy with the forking block.
22:26:41 <cfields> instagibbs: heh, nice timing
22:27:45 <cfields> reason identified, not a problem.
22:29:06 <sipa> great

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Re: SegWit forked unexpectedly on testnet

Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:12 pm

Some more discussion is going on here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4 ... n_testnet/
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Re: SegWit forked unexpectedly on testnet

Sat Mar 05, 2016 12:12 am

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Re: SegWit forked unexpectedly on testnet

Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:44 am

one more reason to add 2 MB blocks FIRST to win some time. most people say this since years :roll:
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Re: SegWit forked unexpectedly on testnet

Sat Mar 05, 2016 3:38 pm

one more reason to add 2 MB blocks FIRST to win some time. most people say this since years :roll:
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Re: SegWit forked unexpectedly on testnet

Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:06 pm

one more reason to add 2 MB blocks FIRST to win some time. most people say this since years :roll:
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Re: SegWit forked unexpectedly on testnet

Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:46 pm

.QED
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