From: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr.org>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org,
 Peter <dizzle@pointbiz.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:17:29 +0000
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Core to disable Bloom-based Filtering by
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On Monday 22 July 2019 18:52:10 Peter via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Privacy is a matter of individual choice in the current protocol. Why not
> let people provide this network service? I don't see why it should be
> end-of-life if it provides value.

It's not EOL, just disabled by default. Anyone can provide it by choice.
Same as with Stratum/Electrum right now (except easier to enable).

> I believe there's a network security obtained by having a large quantity of
> people following the Bitcoin headers based on longest weighted chain. As a
> means of nullifying potential miner initiated hard forks (like S2X).

This is incorrect. Such wallets strictly degrade security, as they are blindly 
trusting miners. They make the network more VULNERABLE to 2X-like attacks.

Luke