<p dir="ltr">As I said, this doesn't help against malicious nodes. But it helps on a case such as today's.<br>
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<div>On Fri, Jul 03, 2015 at 10:43:14PM -0700, Raystonn wrote:<br />
> <p dir="ltr">The SPV clients should be checking node versions. This is for wallet authors to implement. End-users should just stay current with their chosen wallet software.<br><br />
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Nodes can and do lie about what version they are all the time.<br />
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Fact is, SPV means you're trusting other people to check the rules for<br />
you. In this particular case bitcoinj could have - and should have -<br />
checked the BIP66 soft-fork rules, but in general there's no easy<br />
solution to this problem.<br />
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