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.
prev parent 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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