From: Tom Zander <tomz@freedommail.ch>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org, "Raystonn ." <raystonn@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:34:45 +0200
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Hard fork proposal from last week's meeting
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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.
>=20
> Raystonn

The idea that people won=E2=80=99t run a node for a network they don=E2=80=
=99t use for their=20
own transactions is a very good observation and a good reason to get on-
chain scaling happening well before lightning hits.=20

=2D-=20
Tom Zander
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