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From: Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org>
To: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>,
	 Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] SF proposal: prohibit unspendable outputs with amount=0
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:34:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAS2fgT+bfte1PRy4tn0O_cUSBEEKNvGm2+LRBLObgLWcEVuqA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170913092434.GA1094@savin.petertodd.org>

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Quite simply, I just don't think the cost-benefit tradeoff of what you're
> proposing makes sense.

I agree that dropping zero value outputs is a needless loss of
flexibility.  In addition to the CT example, something similar could
be done for increased precision (nanobitcoin!).

Maybe if in the future the value of 1e-8 btc is high enough then an
argument could be made that requiring one is a meaningful reduction in
a miner's ability to spam up the network... but the argument doesn't
fly today... the cost in lost fee income from the spam just totally
dwarfs it.


      reply	other threads:[~2017-09-13  9:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-05 21:51 [bitcoin-dev] SF proposal: prohibit unspendable outputs with amount=0 Jorge Timón
2017-09-06 22:20 ` Tier Nolan
2017-09-06 23:54 ` CryptAxe
2017-09-07  1:29   ` Adam Back
2017-09-07  3:41     ` CryptAxe
2017-09-07  9:56       ` Hampus Sjöberg
2017-09-07 10:31   ` Tier Nolan
2017-09-07 18:00 ` Peter Todd
2017-09-09 21:11   ` Jorge Timón
2017-09-13  9:24     ` Peter Todd
2017-09-13  9:34       ` Gregory Maxwell [this message]

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