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

[Rusty Russell]

Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> I agree on using height vs time. Rusty, what do you mean by being easier
> for bip writers? How is writing "block x" any harder than writing "date y".

Three years from drafting is reasonable.  How many blocks is that?  Hmm,
better make it 6 years of blocks just in case we have a hash race.

Deployment speed is measured in months, not blocks.  It's hard enough to
guess without adding another variable.

Cheers,
Rusty.