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From: Amir Taaki <zgenjix@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposed new P2P command and response:
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Reply-To: Amir Taaki <zgenjix@yahoo.com>

Introspection/command discovery is nice, but I would prefer it to be immedi=
ately done in the first version exchange so no assumptions as to how a netw=
ork is operating need to be made.=0A=0AI like the idea of a flat list of co=
mmands. It might make sense to have "meta"-commands that alias to groups of=
 commands. i.e "original" for the current core subset up to (and including)=
 "pong". The aliases could exist in a text definition file which is held on=
 github or bitcoin.org/=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom: Jeff G=
arzik <jgarzik@exmulti.com>=0ATo: Bitcoin Development <bitcoin-development@=
lists.sourceforge.net>=0ACc: =0ASent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 2:13 AM=0ASub=
ject: [Bitcoin-development] Proposed new P2P command and response: getcmds,=
 cmdlist=0A=0AOutside of major features advertised network-wide in nService=
 bits,=0AP2P protocol lacks a good method of enumerating minor features or=
=0Aextensions.=A0 The version number increment is coarse-grained, and is=0A=
not self-documenting.=A0 A simple extension which lists supported=0Acommand=
s is added, as demonstrated in this pull request:=0A=0A=A0 =A0 https://gith=
ub.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1471=0A=0AAnother option is for verack to retur=
n this information at login,=0Aeliminating the need for a separate command/=
response.=0A=0A-- =0AJeff Garzik=0AexMULTI, Inc.=0Ajgarzik@exmulti.com=0A=
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