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>If time was provable, the double-spending problem would not happen.

Can't you sign two transactions at the same time? If yes then you could double-spend even without faking timestamps.

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Not sure I understand you. When you are signing a transaction, you are the one who fills in the timestamp.

The timestamp of a transaction in the bitcoin blockchain is the block height. The actual timestamp is merely informative.

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Not sure I understand you. When you are signing a transaction, you are the one who fills in the timestamp.

The timestamp of a transaction in the bitcoin blockchain is the block height. The actual timestamp is merely informative.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse