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* [bitcoin-dev] Some real-world results about the current Segwit Discount
@ 2017-05-08 22:42 Sergio Demian Lerner
  2017-05-08 23:47 ` Alphonse Pace
  2017-05-08 23:56 ` Gregory Maxwell
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 21+ messages in thread
From: Sergio Demian Lerner @ 2017-05-08 22:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bitcoin-dev; +Cc: hello

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I have processed 1000 blocks starting from Block #461653.

I computed several metrics, including the supposed size of witness data and
non-witness data (onchain), assuming all P2SH inputs/outputs are converted
to P2PWSH and all P2PKH inputs/outputs are converted to P2WPKH.

This takes into account that other types of transactions will not be
modified by Segwit (e.g. OP_RETURN outputs, or P2PK). This analysis doesn't
take into account that LN transactions may affect the current state,
 increasing the segwit/nosegwit ratio.

Among a lot of information, I've got the following real world results...

acMainChainSpace =352608924
acSegwitSpace =599400403
Ratio segwit/nosegwit=1.6999

This implies that the 75% that discount is not the best option to prevent
witness spam in a block of 4 MB, as stated in
https://segwit.org/why-a-discount-factor-of-4-why-not-2-or-8-bbcebe91721e.

The non-witness data weight factor should not be 4 but 2.35. The closest
integer value is 2, which leads to a 50% witness discount.

The Bitcoinj source code is available for anyone to review. I encourage
anyone to re-compute this with another utility to cross-check. Maybe
Antoine Le Calvez (p2sh.info) would like to double-check.

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2017-05-08 22:42 [bitcoin-dev] Some real-world results about the current Segwit Discount Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-08 23:47 ` Alphonse Pace
2017-05-09 13:49   ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-09 14:33     ` James Hilliard
2017-05-09 15:45     ` Johnson Lau
2017-05-09 16:19       ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-09 16:27         ` Johnson Lau
2017-05-09 16:27         ` James Hilliard
2017-05-09 18:15     ` Matt Corallo
2017-05-09 18:58       ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-09 19:15         ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-09 19:30           ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-05-09 19:42             ` Matt Corallo
2017-05-09 20:13               ` Gregory Maxwell
2017-05-09 20:58                 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-10  5:37                   ` Jorge Timón
2017-05-10 14:05                   ` Matt Corallo
2017-05-10 15:25                     ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-10 16:39                       ` Matt Corallo
2017-05-10 19:40                         ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2017-05-08 23:56 ` Gregory Maxwell

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