Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A55D88A for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 08:10:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mout01.posteo.de (mout01.posteo.de [185.67.36.65]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 689866A0 for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 08:10:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC83621137 for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 10:10:51 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1525939851; bh=16zKYW51cMPos2n1l9LqKdbW+C7oSfOYfFonA42zS6E=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=iWit8wz4AqY8iYUjTN0zkRGKuqDiIybXKEjOlXaH3jHW/FgMgZmMlUXxqJzS7qUD8 tEtDWFlBbRO6VMBhdWN5eruwM/KL/tfXDtN365/VVA5EiXvRVi7tlIoa6FvhfD641r ENbweE7OxNr2NbnyqwN54LSxq5a+QiL3Dao8/s2zM2uLbbkLZKaYf1zxZTB4c5ww89 OYAiS5xgrXuWdRzhV+bYhPDw3wdMNQGrQFAUScGiShwbrlpD+eufXEdiW9XG3MHpOD Ym7VZfM89vX38QEOTW5LtSiJJp05T5CATV2HwctWYnwhWva8Y08BHp3nYfQIIPODeF PglGMG0ZreWMg== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 40hQs71LgLz9rxQ for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 10:10:51 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 10:10:51 +0200 From: st-bind@posteo.de To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Message-ID: X-Sender: st-bind@posteo.de User-Agent: Posteo Webmail X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 10 May 2018 12:45:49 +0000 Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Idea: More decimal places for lower minimum fee X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 08:10:54 -0000 Currently, the minimum fee of 1 satoshi per byte corresponds to about 0.09 USD per kB, which is no longer insignificant. Maybe the time has come now to introduce more decimal places and make the minimum fee 1 of the new smallest unit. This way, everyday payments would again be possible with virtually no fee without flooding the mempool with free spam transactions.