Bitcoin Forum

This is intended as a gentle question to those in the know.

It is prompted because bitcoin is going from strength to strength, but at the same time, it is recognized that improvements to the opensource which support it are necessary for its long-term success. Not all improvements can be fully backwards compatible.

The transition method of using block version numbers and a super-majority for determining finality is extremely fair and clever. It would seem a good prototype for all future changes which are significant enough to affect backward compatibility.

The table below is a nice illustration of this transition in progress:

http://blockorigin.pfoe.be/top.php

So, I am trying to find out now whether this transition method is likely to succeed for bitcoin.

Weird, why these two pools are still using version 1?

That's what intrigues me too, because it is salient as to whether Bitcoin will succeed in the long-term and realize a lot of the hopes of its community, or whether it will suffer recurring problems and wither away as rival ideas/projects eclipse it.

Bitcoin was designed by a genius. But even a genius cannot foresee all eventualities, achieving perfection. Now, especially as it has had four years running live, various improvements to Bitcoin are possible. Perfection might never be achieved, but it can be brought closer with small considered changes. One problem was solved with Version 2, there are others awaiting a resolution.

Ask your pool operator to upgrade or switch to a different pool.

Upgraded all pool-servers last week. The delay was due to compatibility problems with our software, now  we are generating  only version 2 blocks.

Yipee! Well done! Thanks so much for responding.  :)

Deepbit already switched to version-2 blocks.

Thanks for letting us know Tycho. Very good news!