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From: Jameson Lopp <jameson.lopp@gmail.com>
To: Dan Libby <dan@osc.co.cr>,
	 Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] how to disable segwit in my build?
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:35:46 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADL_X_cZc4K3k=JzVES7Jba6qqZwv0Lx7opCi8eL_GM5M01Y8A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0be972b9-328c-394a-1e90-bd7a37642598@osc.co.cr>

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On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Dan Libby via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On 07/13/2017 06:39 AM, Hampus Sjöberg via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> >> I believe that a good reason not to wish your node to be segwit
> > compliant is to avoid having to deal with the extra bandwidth that
> > segwit could require.   Running a 0.14.2 node means being ok with >1MB
> > blocks, in case segwit is activated and widely used. Users not
> > interested in segwit transactions may prefer to keep the cost of their
> > node lower.
> >
> > If the majority of the network decides to deploy SegWit, it would be in
> > your best interest to validate the SegWit transactions, because you
> > might will be downgraded to near-SPV node validation.
> > It would be okay to still run a "non-SegWit" node if there's no SegWit
> > transactions in the chain of transactions for your bitcoins, otherwise
> > you cannot fully verify the the ownership of your bitcoins.
> > I'm not sure the practicality of this in the long run, but it makes a
> > case for having an up-to-date non-SegWit node, although I think it's a
> > bit of a stretch.
>
> Right.  Well, if I never upgrade to segwit, then there seems little
> (zero?) risk of having any segwit tx in my tx chain.
>
>
If you mean you wish to avoid receiving UTXOs that have value that was at
one point previously encumbered by a SegWit output then no, you can't avoid
that. No more than you can currently avoid receiving BTC that were at one
point in time encumbered by a P2SH output.


> Thus this would be a way I could continue with a lower bandwidth cap and
> also keep my coins "untainted", so to speak.
>
> I'm not sure about it for the long run either.  more just something of
> an experiment.
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  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-13 16:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-10 16:50 [bitcoin-dev] Updating the Scaling Roadmap Paul Sztorc
2017-07-11 16:03 ` Chris Stewart
2017-07-11 16:49   ` Adam Back
2017-07-11 20:01   ` Pieter Wuille
2017-07-11 20:36     ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-11 21:40       ` Pieter Wuille
2017-07-11 22:49         ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-11 21:16     ` CryptAxe
2017-07-11 20:18   ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-11 21:31     ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-07-11 22:27       ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-11 21:11 ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-07-11 21:40   ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-07-11 22:17   ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-11 22:41     ` Tao Effect
2017-07-11 22:57       ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-11 23:12         ` Tao Effect
2017-07-12  0:21           ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-12  7:27             ` Jacob Eliosoff
2017-07-12 19:19           ` Chris Stewart
2017-07-12 19:24             ` Tao Effect
2017-07-12 19:34               ` Chris Stewart
2017-07-12 19:42                 ` Tao Effect
2017-07-12 19:54                   ` CryptAxe
2017-07-12 21:55                     ` Tao Effect
2017-07-12 22:07                       ` CryptAxe
2017-07-11 23:36     ` Bryan Bishop
2017-07-12  0:07     ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-07-12  1:40       ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-12  2:48         ` Bryan Bishop
2017-07-12  3:33         ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-07-12  6:17           ` [bitcoin-dev] how to disable segwit in my build? Dan Libby
2017-07-13  1:04             ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-07-13 13:11               ` Federico Tenga
2017-07-13 13:39                 ` Hampus Sjöberg
2017-07-13 16:19                   ` Dan Libby
2017-07-13 16:35                     ` Jameson Lopp [this message]
2017-07-13 21:58                       ` Dan Libby
2017-07-13 22:50                         ` Hampus Sjöberg
2017-07-13 23:20                           ` Dan Libby
2017-07-14  8:52                             ` Hampus Sjöberg
2017-07-14  9:03                             ` Tier Nolan
2017-07-13 23:19                         ` Lucas Clemente Vella
2017-07-13 16:05               ` Dan Libby
2017-07-14 21:11               ` Troy Benjegerdes
2017-07-13  1:48             ` Anthony Towns
2017-07-13 16:13               ` Dan Libby
2017-07-12  1:22   ` [bitcoin-dev] Updating the Scaling Roadmap Karl Johan Alm
2017-07-12  9:37     ` Tom Zander
2017-07-12  9:02   ` Tom Zander
2017-07-11 23:28 ` Anthony Towns
2017-07-17 17:13 ` [bitcoin-dev] Updating the Scaling Roadmap [Update] Paul Sztorc
2017-07-17 18:49   ` Alex Morcos
2017-07-17 20:13     ` Paul Sztorc
2017-07-17 21:50     ` Peter Todd
     [not found]   ` <20170717214704.ksegcrdqf3zeslah@fedora-23-dvm>
2017-07-17 22:04     ` Paul Sztorc

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