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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] request BIP number for: "Support for Datastream
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Data compression adds latency and reduces predictability, so engineers =
have decided to leave compression to application layers instead of =
transport layer or lower in order to let the application designer decide =
what tradeoffs to make.
On Nov 11, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Marco Pontello via bitcoin-dev =
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> A random thought: aren't most communication over a data link already =
compressed, at some point?
> When I used a modem, we had the V.42bis protocol. Now, nearly all ADSL =
connections using PPPoE, surely are. And so on.
> I'm not sure another level of generic, data agnostic kind of =
compression will really give us some real-life practical advantage over =
that.
>=20
> Something that could take advantage of of special knowledge of the =
specific data, instead, would be an entirely different matter.
>=20
> Just my 2c.
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