midnightmagic 2017-01-12 19:15:20
What happens with new bitcoind when it tries to getheaders from an older node that doesn't understand that message? Does IBD fail in that case?
gmaxwell 2017-01-12 19:16:53
it'll pull headers from another node ater it gets advertised a block.
midnightmagic 2017-01-12 19:20:09
gmaxwell: If there is only an old node available (via -connect ?) Will it eventually fall back to.. whatever the old method of block downloads was?
luke-jr 2017-01-12 19:21:20
I just read about the smallest quine in history. Apparently the contest thereafter made a rule prohibiting it specifically.
luke-jr 2017-01-12 19:21:57
(it is a 0-length file)
gmaxwell 2017-01-12 19:23:13
midnightmagic: no. at least not of history. the old method was not relable once the chain became too big.
midnightmagic 2017-01-12 19:29:17
forrest talked!ok
midnightmagic 2017-01-12 19:29:22
er.
midnightmagic 2017-01-12 19:29:28
s/ok/\nok/
