protocol-ossification

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Event April 20, 2011 Added March 1, 2026 Updated March 1, 2026 Private Correspondence

Mike Hearn to Satoshi on the contracts wiki, transaction replacement, and mining economics (April 20, 2011)

Mike Hearn ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Mike Hearn offers to write a wiki page on Bitcoin contracts, asks about re-enabling transaction replacement, asks if Satoshi plans to rejoin, and raises the tragedy-of-the-commons concern on fees.

Event December 30, 2010 Added March 1, 2026 Updated July 8, 2026 Private Correspondence

Mike Hearn to Satoshi on SPV implementation progress (December 30, 2010)

Mike Hearn ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Mike Hearn reports progress on his Java SPV implementation, describes his approach to block storage on Android, and raises concerns about protocol ossification as the number of implementations grows.