Quote from: anfedorov on June 22, 2012, 07:40:05 AM

Quote from: ThomasV on June 22, 2012, 07:04:58 AM

this is not possible. the time a tx was first received depends on the server.
the correct way to sort transactions is to look at their inputs and outputs.

I think that's OK - in practice, transactions are spread fast enough that it won't differ by more than a few seconds, whereas blocks are often over 30 minutes apart.

no, there is no guarantee that different servers will configure their clock with the same time.

in addition, get_history will be extended, and it should be completely deterministic;
a hash of the history will be used to avoid the server resending the whole history everytime it changes.

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I'm not sure if I understand how inputs/outputs can be used to sort transactions... could you expound?

when transactions are in the same block, they are logically ordered; you cannot spend coins before you receive them