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From: Erik Aronesty <erik@q32.com>
To: Billy Tetrud <billy.tetrud@gmail.com>,
	 Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Reducing block reward via soft fork
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 17:55:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJowKg+MX=Tt5HBL4HXwTP1R191qqiQ23qJ2Ot0yr4M0hEcU1g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGpPWDYJHP1WsJA9Rymb3GwMomCipVV7UV_eSVb_g-DbBkw32w@mail.gmail.com>

>  > I don't think 99% of transactions need that level of security

>  Well you can't get security for the 1% of transactions that need it without giving that security to all transactions on the chain. Also, the blockchain security created by miners isn't really a per transaction thing anyway. An attack would affect all bitcoins regardless of what transactions they do or do not take part in.

yes, and this is what lightning is for.   to secure the 99% of
transactions that *don't* need billions of dollars and years in lead
time of security.

at current prices, and even with the current known issues, lightning
is perfectly acceptable for small transactions.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-24 21:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-23  1:00 [bitcoin-dev] Reducing block reward via soft fork James Lu
2021-05-23 10:42 ` Anton Ragin
     [not found]   ` <CANQHGB2pD57cZzcuTqr25Pg-Bvon_=G=_5901to2esrcumk-GA@mail.gmail.com>
2021-05-23 14:40     ` [bitcoin-dev] Fwd: " James Lu
2021-05-23 11:26 ` [bitcoin-dev] " ZmnSCPxj
2021-05-23 12:08   ` Karl
2021-05-23 13:35     ` ZmnSCPxj
2021-05-23 19:44       ` Karl
2021-05-24 20:28         ` Billy Tetrud
2021-05-24 21:55           ` Erik Aronesty [this message]
2021-05-25  0:55           ` Karl
2021-05-25  8:01             ` Billy Tetrud
2021-05-25  8:35           ` Jorge Timón
2021-05-25  8:53           ` Melvin Carvalho
2021-05-25 19:40             ` Billy Tetrud
2021-05-24 22:03 ` Phuoc Do

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