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Completing the retirement of the alert system

Completing the retirement of the alert system

Original Postby Johnson Lau

Posted on: September 10, 2016 14:57 UTC

In a Bitcoin development discussion, Johnson Lau suggested publishing the private key a few months after the final alert.

Andrew C questioned why they would wait so long to publish it and suggested publishing it a few days after the final alert instead. However, another participant in the discussion responded that they needed to ensure the revocation message was widely distributed before making the private key public.