Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Core to disable Bloom-based Filtering by default

[Chris <ctpacia@gmail.com>]

On 7/23/19 10:47 AM, Andreas Schildbach via bitcoin-dev wrote:

> 3) Afaik, it enforces/encourages address re-use. This stems from the
> fact that the server decides on the filter and in particular on the
> false positive rate. On wallets with many addresses, a hardcoded filter
> will be too blurry and thus each block will be matched. So wallets that
> follow the "one address per incoming payment" pattern (e.g. HD wallets)
> at some point will be forced to wrap their key chains back to the
> beginning. If I'm wrong on this one please let me know.

Maybe someone who knows better can confirm but I thought I read the the 
fp rate on the filter was chosen assuming a wallet would average a 
certain number of addresses (ie, they assumed use of an HD wallet). Your 
criticism might be valid for wallets that well exceed the average.