1 2017-03-27 01:54:29 <comboy> question regarding 'headers' protocol message: this page https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_documentation#headers says tx_count can be > 0, but on this page:https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#headers it says it's always 0x00, which one is it?
 2 2017-03-27 01:58:19 <achow101> comboy: neither. the tx_count can be greater than 0, but the software will not check for it to be 0 and always set the tx_count to be zero regardless
 3 2017-03-27 01:59:04 <achow101> the field is basically ignored
 4 2017-03-27 02:01:04 <comboy> achow101: so basically the second page is incorrect, because the header can be longer than 81 bytes? I mean you may ignore the value but you still need to read it to know how many more bytes to read since it's a var_int right?
 5 2017-03-27 02:01:53 <achow101> yes. the bytes are consumed, but are thrown away so that the next header can be read
 6 2017-03-27 02:03:21 <comboy> achow101: thanks
 7 2017-03-27 12:36:09 <coin_trader> by 0.85 rounded to 8 decimals and feed it to RPC "settxfee" - still i see all transactions confirm within 2 blocks. Is the calculation algorithm maybe a bit too over-estimating? I imagine i can even drill it down more.
 8 2017-03-27 12:36:09 <coin_trader> hey all: question on fee estimation. between 13.2 and 14 there was minor fee estimation changes to the RPC/config parameter defaults, and also removal of coin age priority.. that's fine, but: Has there been any work on the actual calculation? i run a very very active node sending about 1000 1to2 or 2to2 tx per day, and i can take the result from RPC "estimatefee 2" multiply it
 9 2017-03-27 12:36:42 <coin_trader> i dunno bout ya'll but vanilla results right now from my nodes are coming back like 175ish satoshi/byte for estimatefee 2, which seems way too high right now
10 2017-03-27 15:02:21 <ProfMac_> coin_trader, the web site https://bitcoinfees.21.co/ shows the current acceptance of transactions with various fees / size.
11 2017-03-27 17:28:53 <JackH> anyone has testnet coins?
12 2017-03-27 17:29:09 <arubi> there are multiple faucets, how much do you need?
13 2017-03-27 17:29:15 <JackH> just 0.5
14 2017-03-27 17:29:33 <arubi> oh then there are faucets around
15 2017-03-27 17:29:51 <arubi> https://testnet.manu.backend.hamburg/faucet is okay
16 2017-03-27 17:30:36 <JackH> ah ok thats pretty cool
17 2017-03-27 17:30:37 <JackH> thanks
18 2017-03-27 17:31:27 <arubi> np
19 2017-03-27 17:36:43 <JackH> segwit works on testnet right?
20 2017-03-27 17:36:49 <arubi> yep
21 2017-03-27 17:36:52 <JackH> ok cool
22 2017-03-27 17:36:56 <arubi> it is
23 2017-03-27 17:37:03 <JackH> i agree
24 2017-03-27 17:37:07 <arubi> :)
25 2017-03-27 17:37:19 <JackH> btw, can you activate it on mainnet too?
26 2017-03-27 17:37:24 <JackH> I need to test something
27 2017-03-27 17:37:27 <JackH> heh
28 2017-03-27 17:37:44 <arubi> oh me too, hold on, mining 1000 blocks
29 2017-03-27 17:38:12 <JackH> let me know when its cool alright?
30 2017-03-27 17:38:58 <arubi> still going, it's like 6MH/s on my i5 so should take a few minutes
31 2017-03-27 17:39:16 <JackH> good luck, you need it, lol