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Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Request review: drop misbehaving peers
From: joel.kaartinen () gmail ! com (Joel Joonatan Kaartinen)
Date: 2011-09-16 12:57:20
Message-ID: 1316177840.15775.15.camel () mei
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> Darn good question. If the protection fails, would it be better for it
> to 'fail hard', leaving people complaining "bitcoin won't stay
> connected!"
>
> Or fail soft, so you at least have a couple of connections.
>
> I think fail hard is better-- we'll immediately know about the
> problem, and can fix it. Fail soft makes me nervous because I think
> that would make it more likely a bug splits the network (and,
> therefore, the blockchain).
My own preference would be to fail hard with detection of the problem
and notification of the user if there's a GUI connected and/or running.
- Joel
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