[hashcash] Re: more format stuff

Hubert Chan wrote:

>>>>>> "Eric" == Eric S Johansson <esj@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> 
> [...]
> 
> Eric> For example, after we decide that version 1 stance are Eric>
> sufficiently stable and are the one true way, systems using Hash 
> Eric> cash should be able to devalue version 0 stamps within the
> stamp Eric> generating/validating subsystem.
> 
> What do you mean by "devalue"?  Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I
> don't think that version 0 stamps should be worth less than version 1
> stamps, since it takes the same amount of time to compute.
> Enlightenment is appreciated.

urk.. wrong word.  what I was trying to say is that we need to be able
to expire stamp versions as acceptable stamp forms.  I'm more concerned 
about spammers launching attacks successfully and we would need to 
change stamp forms and expire/obsolete earlier versions.


> [...]
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> Eric> I would however hold off on the transition to testing.  I'm
> trying Eric> to find the time to put in file locking on the double
> spending Eric> database and I hope to have it working in the next day
> or two.
> 
> OK.  If it's only a day or two, it shouldn't matter anyways.  My next
>  upload to unstable won't happen for about a week, anyways.

that's good.  That gives me through the weekend.

---eric

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