[Pkg-bitcoin-devel] groestlcoin

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Micha Bailey (2016-04-08 08:35:36)
> On Thursday, April 7, 2016, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Micha Bailey (2016-04-07 17:57:18)
>>> I'm assuming Groestlcoin is similar to Bitcoin etc. in that changes 
>>> do happen periodically on the network -- soft forks, etc.
>>>
>>> This makes cryptocurrencies inappropriate for inclusion in stable 
>>> releases.
>>
>> I agree Groestlcoin is similar to Bitcoin, but not with your 
>> conclusion that it makes the package unsuitable for stable releases.
>>
>> Only if Groestlcoin makes as disruptive changes to their protocol as 
>> Bitcoin did in 2013 will stable release of Groestcoin be problematic.
>
> It's not just that it once made disruptive changes. There's a new 
> version in the rc cycle right now introducing a soft-fork, which can 
> cause older versions of the software to behave incorrectly. Are you 
> saying you believe Groestlcoin will never have any kind of similar 
> change, no new network-level features, no urgent bugs that cause 
> emergency forks as happened back with BIP0050?

No, that is not what I am saying.

 - Jonas

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