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Errr, I wrote the same date as you, but I meant a week later, 2026-01-08=20
instead.

-Murch

On 2025-03-21 14:20, Murch wrote:
> Hey Antoine and everyone,
>=20
> What you suggest makes sense to me. Since the 20-minute difficulty=20
> exception is now exploited perpetually, it doesn=E2=80=99t serve its inte=
nded=20
> purpose of allowing developers to mine themselves a few coins easily or=
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> confirm their own non-standard transactions. In that case, it would be=20
> better to not have it at all.
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> On 2025-03-18 07:29, 'Antoine Poinsot' via Bitcoin Development Mailing=20
> List wrote:
>  > I propose to fix this by removing the difficulty reset rule from
>  > testnet4 through a flag day hard fork on 2026-01-01.
>=20
> I would suggest to pick a date that=E2=80=99s not a holiday in many place=
s to=20
> avoid disrupting people=E2=80=99s holiday, how about 2026-01-01 instead?
>=20
> Cheers,
> Murch
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