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There is no reason to use a timestamp beyond 4 bytes. Just let it =
overflow. If a blockchain is stopped for more than 2^31 seconds, it=E2=80=99=
s just dead.

> On 5 Dec 2016, at 19:58, Tom Zander via bitcoin-dev =
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:37:39 CET Hampus Sj=C3=B6berg via =
bitcoin-dev=20
> wrote:
>>> Also how about making timestamp 8 bytes?  2106 is coming up soon=20
>>=20
>> AFAICT this was fixed in this commit:
>> https://github.com/jl2012/bitcoin/commit/
> fa80b48bb4237b110ceffe11edc14c813
>> 0672cd2#diff-499d7ee7998a27095063ed7b4dd7c119R200
>=20
> That commit hacks around it, a new block header fixes it. Subtle =
difference.
>=20
> --=20
> Tom Zander
> Blog: https://zander.github.io
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