[bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] Version bits with timeout and delay.

[Tier Nolan]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Jorge Timón <jtimon at jtimon.cc> wrote:

> For enforcing new restrictions on your own blocks (thus at the policy
> level, not consensus) you don't need to wait for 75%. You can do it from
> the start (this way all miners setting the bit will enforce the new
> restrictions.
>
At 75%, you have a pretty solid super-majority.

You can safely reject blocks that have the bit set but are invalid
according to the new rule (as long as everyone who sets the bit does it
too).
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