Andy Parkins [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2012-02-01 📝 Original message:On 2012 February 01 ...

📅 Original date posted:2012-02-01
📝 Original message:On 2012 February 01 Wednesday, Pieter Wuille wrote:

> > old clients won't they? They don't pass IsStandard().
>
> IsStandard() is for accepting transactions into the memory pool.
> Non-standard transactions are verified just fine when they are in the block
> chain.

Ah. My misunderstanding then.

> If we do a breaking change to the protocol - such as adding a new
> transaction type - ALL users must upgrade. Those who don't will see a fork
> of the chain from before the first new-style transaction. That is not the
> case now.

That makes a big difference. Thanks for the correction.


Andy


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