> Suppose a billion mobile phones wanted to run SPV wallets tomorrow. Who > would provide the nodes they would need connect to?
The SPV wallet author would if they wanted their wallet to function. Aaron Voisine co-founder and CEO breadwallet.com On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 10:28 PM, <justusranv...@riseup.net> wrote: > On 2015-06-16 03:49, Kevin Greene wrote: > > Hah, fair enough, there is no such thing as the "right" way to do > > anything. But I still think punishing users who use SPV wallets is a > > less-than-ideal way to incentive people to run full nodes. Right now > > SPV is > > the best way that exists for mobile phones to participate in the > > network in > > a decentralized way. This proposal makes the user experience for mobile > > wallets a little more confusing and annoying. > > Suppose a billion mobile phones wanted to run SPV wallets tomorrow. Who > would provide the nodes they would need connect to? The decentralization > fairy? > > There's absolutely no reason that paying for connectivity would be any > more confusing or annoying than transaction fees are. > > If some full nodes in the network started offering paid connection > slots, that would just mean that users who checked the "pay subscription > fee" box in their wallet configuration would have an easier time > connecting than the users who did't, just like how your transaction > might eventually get mined without a fee but paying one makes it faster > and more probable. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >
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