News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on A 96 Bitcoin ransom payment ends up on Bitfinex. Parent comment

Re:A 96 Bitcoin ransom payment ends up on Bitfinex by andirk on Thursday January 30, 2020 @11:21PM (#22199017)
You should be able to add an optional functionality w/o a hardfork yes?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A 96 Bitcoin ransom payment ends up on Bitfinex by lawn on Friday January 31, 2020 @01:50AM (#22199656)
You can technically introduce anything as a softfork yes. The only difference is how difficult it is to implement, which I think would go beyond "just copy it".
[ Parent | on HN ]