📅 Original date posted:2016-02-06
📝 Original message:On Saturday, February 06, 2016 5:25:21 PM Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Saturday, February 06, 2016 06:09:21 PM Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev
wrote:
> > None of the reasons you list say anything about the fact that "being
> > lost" (kicked out of the network) is a problem for those node's users.
>
> That's because its not.
>
> If you have a node that is "old" your node will stop getting new blocks.
> The node will essentially just say "x-hours behind" with "x" getting larger
> every hour. Funds don't get confirmed. etc.
Until someone decides to attack you. Then you'll get 6, 10, maybe more blocks
confirming a large 10000 BTC payment. If you're just a normal end user (or
perhaps an automated system), you'll figure that payment is good and
irreversibly hand over the title to the house.
Luke
Luke Dashjr [ARCHIVE] /
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2023-06-07 17:48:43
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