<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On the specific issue I raised, the BIP only says "Querying multiple<br>
<div class="">nodes and combining their answers can be a partial solution to this"<br>
</div>which is not very helpful advice. That's a partial answer to my<br>
question #2 with zero response for question #3.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm sorry you think it's unhelpful. It is nonetheless the best that can be done within the constraints of the current Bitcoin protocol.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This sort of thing really needs a warning label like "use only if you<br>
don't have a trusted solution" and discussion of that choice is<br>
completely absent (question #1).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's absent for the same reason it's absent for all the other protocol BIPs: the ability to use a trusted third party is always present and a possible answer for any problem in Bitcoin. So I figured it didn't need stating.</div>
<div><br></div><div>How about adding the following sentence:</div><div><br></div><div>"If the above constraints are insufficient for your use case, you can alternatively query a block explorer or other trusted third party to obtain the same information".</div>
<div><br></div><div>Would that make the BIP clearer?</div></div></div></div>