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The Battle For P2SH: The Untold Story Of The First Bitcoin War
□ Dec 04 2020 □
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“Push the date back two months. OP_EVAL just is not ready yet.” It was the verdict Gavin Andresen had worked so long to avoid. With a single rebuke sent from Russell O’Connor’s keyboard, a months-long effort to upgrade Bitcoin — the first in the wake of founder Satoshi Nakamoto’s exit — was abruptly stalled ahead of implementation. As revealed by O’Connor, the proposed command —...