Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56310C000D for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:16:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 464CC82CFA for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:16:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.601 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.601 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_50=0.8, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Authentication-Results: smtp1.osuosl.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=gazeta.pl Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hZ2Barybjq-V for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:16:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0 Received: from smtpo104.poczta.onet.pl (smtpo104.poczta.onet.pl [213.180.149.157]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE58B82CF9 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:16:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmq6v.m5r2.onet (pmq6v.m5r2.onet [10.174.33.77]) by smtp.poczta.onet.pl (Onet) with ESMTP id 4HV2Ls65PLz2K1vr6 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:16:05 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gazeta.pl; s=2013; t=1634152565; bh=jzzUELpPRoBocmYqE5z+vgFyzaI47GmY/7B9r6BOmQg=; h=From:To:Date:Subject:From; b=E6OtOtxrB2Tho9V8Y6h3/6M6Drjp1QwugnvxrX2j00OFT32MfvBiekImYtvOOyq/i H1Ci12a5jGTO2lpBAZcmxu45tn4VqeQXE3G/+e9Q0e4bA7KwFAX0ONsKqMMiZuua34 tfhWWC7IVsiwGfR3hdHdtFouDdqv8Z20V6Uc8Nis= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="===============6227600862938088899==" MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [5.173.251.38] by pmq6v.m5r2.onet via HTTP id ; Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:16:05 +0200 From: vjudeu@gazeta.pl X-Priority: 3 To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:16:05 +0200 Message-Id: <50769965-423dd279413d4dba11ba459cbd98387b@pmq6v.m5r2.onet> X-Mailer: onet.poczta X-Onet-PMQ: ;5.173.251.38;PL;1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:19:11 +0000 Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Year 2038 problem and year 2106 chain halting X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:16:19 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============6227600862938088899== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It seems that Bitcoin Core will stop working in 2038 because of assertion c= hecking if the current time is non-negative. Also, the whole chain will hal= t after reaching median time 0xffffffff in 2106. More information: https://= bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D5365359.0 I wonder if that kind of issues are possible to fix in a soft-fork way. --===============6227600862938088899== Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It seems that Bitcoin Core will stop working in 2038 because of assert= ion checking if the current time is non-negative. Also, the whole chain wil= l halt after reaching median time 0xffffffff in 2106. More information: htt= ps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D5365359.0

I wonder if tha= t kind of issues are possible to fix in a soft-fork way.
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