From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VsWLE-0004To-L9 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:28:04 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.214.54 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.54; envelope-from=laanwj@gmail.com; helo=mail-bk0-f54.google.com; Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com ([209.85.214.54]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1VsWLA-0001Hx-LL for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:28:04 +0000 Received: by mail-bk0-f54.google.com with SMTP id v16so2256081bkz.41 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:27:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.205.9.131 with SMTP id ow3mr155028bkb.152.1387193274206; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:27:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.69.197 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:27:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:27:54 +0100 Message-ID: From: Wladimir To: Drak Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3022380758384c04eda51af1 X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (laanwj[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.0 URIBL_BLOCKED ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [URIs: zikula.org] 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1VsWLA-0001Hx-LL Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fees UI warning X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:28:04 -0000 --20cf3022380758384c04eda51af1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Drak wrote: > It just occurs to me this kind of sad story could be averted if wallets > implemented a confirmation box if the fee amount seems crazy - for example, > if it's >10x what the default fee should be, or if it's greater than x% of > the sending amount. "the fee seems unusually high, are you really sure you > want to pay X in fees?" > Bitcoin-qt (in master) always shows the fee and total amount that is going to be paid in the confirmation dialog, so it is very hard to accidentally a very high fee. Wladimir --20cf3022380758384c04eda51af1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On M= on, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Drak <drak@zikula.org> wrote:
It just occurs to me this kind of sad story could be = averted if wallets implemented a confirmation box if the fee amount seems c= razy - for example, if it's >10x what the default fee should be, or = if it's greater than x% of the sending amount. "the fee seems unus= ually high, are you really sure you want to pay X in fees?"

Bitcoin-qt (in master) always shows = the fee and total amount that is going to be paid in the confirmation dialo= g, so it is very hard to accidentally a very high fee.

Wladimir

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