Questions tagged [bip62]

BIP62 is a suggested modification to the Bitcoin protocol that would reduce transaction malleability. It has been withdrawn.

BIP62 is a proposed modification to Bitcoin that would eliminate non payment-sender sources of transaction malleability. It is currently deployed as a standardness rule, but not a consensus rule. (This means that miners can choose to ignore BIP62 if they wish.)

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Why was the Oct 2015 Transaction Malleability event possible in spite of BIP62/66?

The recent re-emergence of transaction malleability has been responsible for a large number of Txs which are being double spent (October 2015). /r/Bitcoin has posted some C++ code which @amaclin has taken responsibility for. I understand that,…

asked Oct 23 '15 at 00:05

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Should I validate transactions using the rules in BIP62?

BIP62 introduces a number of rules to prevent transaction malleability. However many transactions already in the blockchain fail these tests. Is BIP62 currently being used to filter transactions from entering the blockchain? If not then are there…

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asked Nov 02 '15 at 02:20

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