From e42d8f52467443443d996f9272a773487e91e768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Voskuil Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 02:59:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix typo --- Comments:BIP-0151.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Comments:BIP-0151.md b/Comments:BIP-0151.md index 466891e..e71a3a1 100644 --- a/Comments:BIP-0151.md +++ b/Comments:BIP-0151.md @@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ Maxwell's claim that "This proposal is compatible," is incorrect. There was exte The statement that, "virtually every other extension sends new messages that old nodes do not understand," misrepresents the actual issue. It is true that some protocols send activation messages that older nodes would not understand. However these messages are not sent to older nodes. This is the reason for version negotiation. Even Bitcoin Core does not violate this rule. Unlike the messages referred to above, these new messages are sent prior to version negotiation. As such this proposal is the first protocol change to actually send invalid protocol messages to older clients. -As for Maxwell's comment, "Users of the Bitcoin system should stand up and soundly reject parties that try to deny people access to strong encryption." Clearly people have access to string encryption. Privacy and encryption are however not the same thing. The privacy assurances provided by this use of encryption are so weak as to be counterproductive. However the above statement does not pertain to the proposal, it is a less-than-subtle personal attack ("reject parties" vs. "reject proposal"), and has no place here. +As for Maxwell's comment, "Users of the Bitcoin system should stand up and soundly reject parties that try to deny people access to strong encryption." Clearly people have access to strong encryption. Privacy and encryption are however not the same thing. The privacy assurances provided by this use of encryption are so weak as to be counterproductive. However the above statement does not pertain to the proposal, it is a less-than-subtle personal attack ("reject parties" vs. "reject proposal"), and has no place here. --Eric Voskuil, 2017-02-12 \ No newline at end of file