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Original date posted:2013-05-08 š Original message:On Thu, May 09, 2013 at ...
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Original date posted:2013-05-08
š Original message:On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 09:39:10AM +1000, Addy Yeow wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Can someone explain why do we have 32-bit and 64-bit timestamp fields
> instead of all being 64-bit?
>
>
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specificationWho knows?
Satoshi used 32-bits and those fields can't be changed now without every
single Bitcoin user changing all at once. (a "hard-fork" change)
We'll probably need to do one of those eventually for other reasons, so
we might as well leave fixing the timestamps until then.
--
'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org
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Original date posted:2013-05-08\nš Original message:On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 09:39:10AM +1000, Addy Yeow wrote:\n\u003e Hi list,\n\u003e \n\u003e Can someone explain why do we have 32-bit and 64-bit timestamp fields\n\u003e instead of all being 64-bit?\n\u003e \n\u003e https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification\n\nWho knows?\n\nSatoshi used 32-bits and those fields can't be changed now without every\nsingle Bitcoin user changing all at once. (a \"hard-fork\" change)\n\nWe'll probably need to do one of those eventually for other reasons, so\nwe might as well leave fixing the timestamps until then.\n\n-- \n'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org\n000000000000002a9a85a940c4da2951c3e91a043a44805fa286b336364d9daa\n-------------- next part --------------\nA non-text attachment was scrubbed...\nName: signature.asc\nType: application/pgp-signature\nSize: 490 bytes\nDesc: Digital signature\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20130508/06a79d4c/attachment.sig\u003e",
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