On Wednesday, 29 March 2017 21:50:48 CEST Raystonn . via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Low node costs are a good goal for nodes that handle transactions the node > operator can afford. Nobody is going to run a node for a network they do > not use for their own transactions. If transactions have fees that > prohibit use for most economic activity, that means node count will drop > until nodes are generally run by those who settle large amounts. That is > very centralizing. > > Raystonn
The idea that people won’t run a node for a network they don’t use for their own transactions is a very good observation and a good reason to get on- chain scaling happening well before lightning hits. -- Tom Zander Blog: https://zander.github.io Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
