From: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr•org>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org, Erik Aronesty <erik@q32•com>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Full node "tip" function
Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 23:21:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201705032321.14356.luke@dashjr.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJowKg+snAUjbCFkTybNqiJCy=d_M3s5k376y1B=rVqD8WCOXA@mail.gmail.com>
I think paying for services is in general a great idea, but one that Bitcoin
can much better serve once Lightning is in production. Not only does it enable
cost-effective micro-transactions, it also should allow nodes to initiate
payments before they have a synced node (which is something impractical at
present).
On Wednesday 03 May 2017 9:08:35 PM Erik Aronesty via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> IDEA:
>
> - Full nodes advertise a bitcoin address. Users that need to download the
> block chain from that node can be encouraged to send a tip to the peers
> that served them (by % served). Recommended tip of 10mbit should be fine.
>
> - A full nodes can *require* a tip to download the blockchain. If they do,
> users that don't specify a tip cannot use them.
>
> CONS:
>
> For some people, this may represent a barrier to hosting their own full
> node. After all, if you have to pay $15 just to get a copy of the
> blockchain, that just adds to the already expensive prospect of hosting a
> full node.
>
> PROS:
>
> As long as you manage to stay online, you should get your money back and
> more. This is the an incentive for quality, long term hosting.
>
> In the long term, this should cause stable nodes to stick around longer.
> It also discourages "installation spam" attacks on the network.
>
> Fees for other node operations can be considered if this is successful.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-03 23:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-05-03 21:08 Erik Aronesty
2017-05-03 21:43 ` Ben Thompson
2017-05-04 10:38 ` Tomas
2017-05-04 13:37 ` Aymeric Vitte
2017-05-04 13:47 ` Erik Aronesty
2017-05-04 14:31 ` Aymeric Vitte
2017-05-03 21:53 ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-05-03 22:03 ` Matt Corallo
2017-05-04 13:15 ` Erik Aronesty
2017-05-04 14:57 ` Tom Zander
2017-05-03 23:21 ` Luke Dashjr [this message]
[not found] ` <9335E0E0-F9D6-41AD-9FF9-5CDF2B1AF1F7@gmail.com>
2017-05-04 19:28 ` Erik Aronesty
2017-05-08 21:00 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-08 21:44 ` Natanael
2017-05-08 22:15 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
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