In the COPA proceeding, the claim statesd that nodes run the network and that (8) “The Bitcoin White Paper also defines, inter alia, the steps required to operate as a computer node of the Bitcoin Network”.[1] This paper states the following:
5. Network
The steps to run the network are as follows:
1) New transactions are broadcast to all nodes.
2) Each node collects new transactions into a block.
3) Each node works on finding a difficult proof-of-work for its block.
4) When a node finds a proof-of-work, it broadcasts the block to all nodes.
5) Nodes accept the block only if all transactions in it are valid and not already spent.
6) Nodes express their acceptance of the block by working on creating the next block in the chain, using the hash of the accepted block as the previous hash.
This process is very clear. In the definition, nodes only “vote” or process transactions through the creation of blocks and by building new blocks on previously broadcast blocks of accepted transactions. The number of nodes that have created blocks is publicly available. At most, 2016 nodes may operate as the difficulty adjustment period of two weeks only allows this number. Further, the claim that nodes can run and create blocks using different software versions is misleading as the other nodes will reject these blocks. The definition of how bitcoin works preclude this.
Bird and Bird want to make one claim in one proceeding and another in a separate one.
CSW
Jan 19, 2022
https://metanet-icu.slack.com/archives/C5131HKFX/p1642619905047800?thread_ts=1642619905.047800&cid=C5131HKFX
https://t.me/CSW_Slack/3772
5. Network
The steps to run the network are as follows:
1) New transactions are broadcast to all nodes.
2) Each node collects new transactions into a block.
3) Each node works on finding a difficult proof-of-work for its block.
4) When a node finds a proof-of-work, it broadcasts the block to all nodes.
5) Nodes accept the block only if all transactions in it are valid and not already spent.
6) Nodes express their acceptance of the block by working on creating the next block in the chain, using the hash of the accepted block as the previous hash.
This process is very clear. In the definition, nodes only “vote” or process transactions through the creation of blocks and by building new blocks on previously broadcast blocks of accepted transactions. The number of nodes that have created blocks is publicly available. At most, 2016 nodes may operate as the difficulty adjustment period of two weeks only allows this number. Further, the claim that nodes can run and create blocks using different software versions is misleading as the other nodes will reject these blocks. The definition of how bitcoin works preclude this.
Bird and Bird want to make one claim in one proceeding and another in a separate one.
CSW
Jan 19, 2022
https://metanet-icu.slack.com/archives/C5131HKFX/p1642619905047800?thread_ts=1642619905.047800&cid=C5131HKFX
https://t.me/CSW_Slack/3772
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