From: Jameson Lopp <jameson.lopp@gmail.com>
To: dathonohm@proton.me
Cc: "bitcoindev@googlegroups.com" <bitcoindev@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [bitcoindev] [BIP Proposal] Reduced Data Temporary Softfork
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:14:01 -0400 [thread overview]
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM <dathonohm@proton.me> wrote:
> Jameson -
>
> You mention "technical concerns" but don't give any examples. Would you
> mind sharing one?
>
>
Two of the biggest technical concerns are that the proposed changes are
confiscatory for certain scripts and the fact that the reactive chain
reorganization logic actually makes it possible for anyone to trivially
double spend their coins by triggering a reorganization.
> You also mention "the underlying implication of using legal coercion to
> require miners and other network participants to comply with arbitrary
> legal and moral frameworks", but I don't think the BIP implies this at all.
>
I quote the BIP:
"rejecting this softfork may subject you to legal or moral consequences"
This vague, hand waving fear mongering is the underlying implication of
legal coercion to which I referred. It's not appropriate for a technical
specification.
> The BIP merely highlights a legal risk Bitcoin Core 30 has created for
> node operators for no good reason, and attempts to eliminate it. No
> "coercion" is implied. You and anyone else who are fine shouldering this
> risk are free to stay on the old data-friendly chain. I doubt you will have
> much company, though.
>
> Best,
>
> Dathon
>
> On Sunday, October 26th, 2025 at 2:49 PM, Jameson Lopp <
> jameson.lopp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's quite clear from the PR discussion that there are a multitude of
> contentious issues at play with this proposal.
>
> Even aside from all of the technical concerns, the underlying implication
> of using legal coercion to require miners and other network participants to
> comply with arbitrary legal and moral frameworks makes it a non-starter in
> my opinion.
>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM dathonohm via Bitcoin Development Mailing
> List <bitcoindev@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi list -
>>
>> Due to Bitcoin Core v30 gaining in popularity, it has become necessary to
>> move forward on luke-jr's ML proposal
>> <https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2017> to temporarily limit
>> arbitrary data at the consensus level, which so far has 3 weeks with no
>> objections:
>> https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2017
>>
>> The idea is to strongly re-affirm in consensus that bitcoin is money, not
>> data storage. It is implemented as a temporary softfork that can activate
>> in one of two different ways: proactive, or reactive.
>>
>> After a year, the soft fork expires, giving us time to come up with a
>> more permanent solution.
>>
>> The timeline is a bit tight, but I think everyone has incentives to
>> support a quick and orderly activation.
>>
>> Please feel free to leave a comment on the PR or reach out to me over
>> email with any feedback.
>>
>> There is much work still to do, so if you have some technical skills and
>> would like to join in the effort with dev/testing, please reach out as well.
>>
>> Bitcoin is money.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Dathon Ohm
>>
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-25 20:43 dathonohm via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-10-26 20:47 ` Jameson Lopp
2025-10-27 4:22 ` dathonohm via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-10-27 12:14 ` Jameson Lopp [this message]
2025-10-27 16:35 ` TheWrlck
2025-10-26 22:27 ` Peter Todd
2025-10-27 3:41 ` Jal Toorey
2025-10-27 17:27 ` Max
2025-10-27 4:08 ` dathonohm via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-10-27 18:29 ` Kyle Stout
2025-10-27 19:56 ` Greg Maxwell
2025-10-28 5:13 ` dathonohm via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-10-30 0:31 ` Antoine Riard
2025-10-30 2:43 ` Erik Aronesty
2025-11-08 0:51 ` dathonohm via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-11-08 3:43 ` Edil Guimarães de Medeiros
2025-11-08 9:30 ` 'Bitcoin Eagle' via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-11-08 15:38 ` Greg Maxwell
2025-11-08 16:40 ` Daniel Buchner
2025-11-08 17:55 ` Chris Riley
2025-11-08 21:02 ` dathonohm via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-11-08 21:39 ` Greg Maxwell
2025-11-09 20:07 ` dathonohm via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-11-11 7:43 ` 'Bitcoin Eagle' via Bitcoin Development Mailing List
2025-11-11 16:23 ` Greg Maxwell
2025-11-09 1:21 ` Murch
2025-11-09 20:56 ` onyxcoyote
2025-11-09 21:34 ` Peter Todd
2025-11-10 19:46 ` Lucas Barbosa
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