xtnodes.com question

[arnoudk]

I'm looking at the xtnodes.com website, which does a wonderful job of monitoring the bitcoin blockchain (and bitcoin testnet blockchain) for miner support in favor of BIP101.

When checking the stats for the testnet, I notice that there are non-BIP101 blocks being mined in the chain that, a few links up, contains >1 MB BIP101 block. A non BIP101 client should have rejected this chain, and should have been working on a fork chain instead. What does this mean?

My guess is that someone is marking their blocks as non-BIP101 while at the same time supporting it. If they were on a sidechain, we'd not see the non-BIP101 block in a BIP101 chain.

Is my assumption correct here?

Paging helloworld.

[helloworld]

I think the user is hellobitcoinworld

[arnoudk]

I think the user is hellobitcoinworld

So it is! Thanks.

[BitcoinNewsMagazine]

There can be no fork until Jan 11 2016 at the earliest. Until that time it makes no difference what client is used. Block Size Votes is a more complete reference than xtnodes.

[hellobitcoinworld]

Hi arnoudk,

Thanks, I'm glad you find my XTnodes.com website of use.

The XT TestNet is mining blocks of all sizes-- blocks over 1mb and under 1mb. Just because it's under 1mb doesn't mean it's a "non-BIP101 block". Bitcoin XT can mine blocks of all sizes. If I am misunderstanding your question, please clarify.

Basically, once BIP101 was activated on the TestNet, blocks afterward can be any size from 0mb up to 8mb.

[arnoudk]

In the section "Latest 1000 Testnet Blocks", there is a legend for "BIP 101 block with size > 1 MB", "BIP 101 block with size <= 1 MB" and "standard block".

When I look at this overview now, all I see are BIP101 blocks, some <= 1 MB, some > 1 MB. When I posted this message, I also saw "standard block" grey colors inbetween the two shades of red. I didn't make a screenshot though