[bitcoin-dev] Completing the retirement of the alert system

Johnson Lau jl2012 at xbt.hk
Sat Sep 10 14:57:35 UTC 2016


We need to make sure the revocation message is widely distributed before making the private key public


 ---- On Sat, 10 Sep 2016 21:23:37 +0800 Andrew C <achow101 at gmail.com> wrote ---- 
 > On 9/10/2016 5:41 AM, Johnson Lau via bitcoin-dev wrote: 
 > > 3. After a few months or so, publish the private key. 
 > Why wait a few months? Why not just publish the key a few days after the 
 > final alert? 
 > 




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