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[2607:f8b0:4864:20::532]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 586e51a60fabf-3d2035cf154si751989fac.3.2025.10.30.13.27.47 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:27:47 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of roconnor@blockstream.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::532 as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::532; Received: by mail-pg1-x532.google.com with SMTP id 41be03b00d2f7-b6cf1a95273so1027805a12.1 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:27:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWb6X7mijJT6AKDm+dGDpIIKXp+xpnmlcBTYKvnre9eFQ+hjyj59YgTYylIQrCHCBnAKIE8Zpeen5SY@googlegroups.com X-Gm-Gg: ASbGnctRNNPlMTMk/Fx+RfrF3JjT4cDuqNbIW9GydoAsufqNZBlqykFjUKaP4m/437m 0JfiK/j2ldcfNifSHCxHJ3u9ZMwumIdS/nlCZ/F42RMYiwrUh5InrRGGoLYF/R8PTcWDckWy+c6 MrEN2fCHR8GfyA+kJsdhEZfwl5xQQAzlj6bVxdn4NnGIIZa8BPR6Wew7x3NGwITGxQU7oZNbSJw rMkqN4eOOLavXYoYaFoCDVyw/KKLjylOrrFpkwkSKl0SBH7Z7vrDdlkJ6E0OKdiNhkcmYnJ X-Received: by 2002:a17:903:3202:b0:294:b758:76b2 with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-2951a58890cmr15540085ad.43.1761856066889; Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:27:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <6f6b570f-7f9d-40c0-a771-378eb2c0c701n@googlegroups.com> <961e3c3a-a627-4a07-ae81-eb01f7a375a1n@googlegroups.com> <5135a031-a94e-49b9-ab31-a1eb48875ff2n@googlegroups.com> <78475572-3e52-44e4-8116-8f1a917995a4n@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: From: "'Russell O'Connor' via Bitcoin Development Mailing List" Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:27:34 -0400 X-Gm-Features: AWmQ_bnOxFz5obp-sqoAbtIkStKNADFB7zYFAjje4mo73HK_TsSAnPBTJkPeay0 Message-ID: Subject: [bitcoindev] Policy restrictions Was: [BIP Proposal] Limit ScriptPubkey Size >= 520 Bytes Consensus. To: Greg Maxwell , Bitcoin Development Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000033d7c0642661503" X-Original-Sender: roconnor@blockstream.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@blockstream.com header.s=google header.b=plQfq8Mi; spf=pass (google.com: domain of roconnor@blockstream.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::532 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=roconnor@blockstream.com; dmarc=pass (p=QUARANTINE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=blockstream.com; dara=pass header.i=@googlegroups.com X-Original-From: "Russell O'Connor" Reply-To: "Russell O'Connor" Precedence: list Mailing-list: list bitcoindev@googlegroups.com; contact bitcoindev+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 786775582512 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) --000000000000033d7c0642661503 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 2:40=E2=80=AFAM Greg Maxwell w= rote: > I don't even think bitcoin has ever policy restricted something that was > in active use, much less softforked out something like that. > I invite the Bitcore lore experts to correct me here, but I recall someone many years ago finding that their bare multisig funds (likely related to the Counterparty nonsense) were stuck by policy due to some new policy being enacted to mandate that pubkeys in bare multisigs must now all be on-curve points ... or something like that. I do hope that they managed to get their funds recovered by now with direct miner intervention. I really ought to vet my claim above by going through my IRC logs and Bitcoin development history ... but a quicker way is to post a claim publicly on the internet and wait for someone else to call it out as being wrong. Also, I think this type of policy change quite harmful and shouldn't be replicated, and ideally reverted, assuming my story is correct. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Bitcoin Development Mailing List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to bitcoindev+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bitcoindev/= CAMZUoKnyYpfJ1fZRan7BzyGvMitxznoSyCXkjxc2Qy5Z9pNvMA%40mail.gmail.com. --000000000000033d7c0642661503 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 2:40=E2=80=AFAM Greg = Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com>= ; wrote:
I don't even think bitcoin has ever policy restricted so= mething that was in active use, much less softforked=C2=A0out something lik= e that.

I invite the Bitcore lo= re experts to correct me here, but I recall someone many years ago finding = that their bare multisig funds (likely related to the Counterparty nonsense= ) were stuck by policy due to some new policy being enacted to mandate that= pubkeys in bare multisigs must now all be on-curve points ... or something= like that.=C2=A0 I do hope that they managed to get their funds recovered = by now with direct miner intervention.

I really ou= ght to vet my claim above by going through my IRC logs and Bitcoin developm= ent history ... but a quicker way is to post a claim publicly on the intern= et and wait for someone else to call it out as being wrong.

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Also, I think this type of policy change quite harmful and should= n't be replicated, and ideally reverted, assuming my story is correct.<= /div>

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