[Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Griestlcoin

[Micha Bailey]

What are you saying, then? Unless you're confident that there won't be any
changes on the network that mandate upgrades of the software (including
urgent hard forks caused by bugs), releasing a cryptocurrency node into a
stable release where it can't be modified/updated seems irresponsible to
me. I'd be glad to hear counterarguments, but so far I haven't seen
anything to suggest that this isn't true.

On Friday, April 8, 2016, <pkg-bitcoin-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org>
wrote:

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> From: Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk <javascript:;>>
> To: Pkg-bitcoin-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: [Pkg-bitcoin-devel] groestlcoin
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> Quoting Micha Bailey (2016-04-08 08:35:36)
> > On Thursday, April 7, 2016, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk <javascript:;>>
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> >> 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.
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> >>> This makes cryptocurrencies inappropriate for inclusion in stable
> >>> releases.
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> >> 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.
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> > 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?
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> No, that is not what I am saying.
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