[zik]

That was the exact point of the ASICBOOST FUD we've seen in the last week - to cast uncertainty and doubt. Taking a step back though it all seems like just the latest attempt to distract from real issues. ASICBOOST is just another optimisation from companies who make their living working on these kinds of things. It's been known about for many months now so the last few days just seem like a bizarre attempt to demonise the miners for doing what they do.

[midmagico]

Nobody wants to kill ASICBoost. Literally the only thing people think is a good idea, and the purpose of this post:

https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017...

.. is to close off only the covert ASICBoost mining incentive which is directly incompatible with a host of high-quality Bitcoin improvement mechanisms. (An incomplete list of which is in the above link, near the bottom.)

Overt ASICBoost is completely wide-open, and remains untouched. In fact it's completely compatible with SegWit.