Bitcoin core developer peter todd warns bitcoin users to wait For 6 Confirmations After BIP 91 Activates

in #bitcoin7 years ago

Source: https://zycrypto.com/peter-tode-advices-users/

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Bitcoin core developer peter todd , Advices users not to accept transactions with less than 6 confirmations After BIP 91 Activates.

Bip19 which was reached and agreed by about 81% of miners have come into agreement to be activated.

Todd quoted that

"IF/WHEN BIP 91 ACTIVATES, THERE'S A HIGH CHANCE IT'LL LEAD TO MULTIPLE REORGANIZATIONS. DO NOT TRUST ONE CONFIRMATION TRANSACTIONS FOR NOW; WAIT FOR SIX+ CONFIRMATIONS."

with exceptions of

  1. If you can use other means (eg legal system) to secure payment.

  2. More technical users who can monitor chain in detail.

  3. Situations where actual losses in event of non-payment are tolerable (e.g. purchase of items like music with zero marginal cost).

while keen about the problem that the activation might cause todd stated that problems that issues that are likely to occur such as double spending and other related problems will be fixed after the activation and adaptation of BIP91, which might not last upto hours or days , so users should not be worried about it.

Source : https://zycrypto.com/peter-tode-advices-users/

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cool! Great content @franki, which scenario could happen for eth after segwit2X is implemented for bitcoin?

thanks for the answer and i am following you now and upvoting you!

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thanks a lot @andreolf , ETH seems to be on the good side for now , so nothing negative on its side

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Thank you very much for the info bro....

Yeah....

You re the most active in the train... kudos bro, kindly follow back @stephluvee

Thanks for sharing , very important

Welcome on board. Lets watch how things will unfold few weeks from now.

Nice info

Six confirmations is quite a long wait sha..... @Lexico12

Thanks for the information

Nice write up@frankzy,but the issues on ground will still persist or worse with 6confirmation,Segwit need to profer solutions on speedy delivery,Bitcoin Unlimited actually wanted to take care of this bottleneck, still wondering how miners were bought over.You have been upvoted.Hook me up @detycoon