Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Wk9XN-0004fq-Gz for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 13 May 2014 10:02:17 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.217.169 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.217.169; envelope-from=bernd.jendrissek@gmail.com; helo=mail-lb0-f169.google.com; Received: from mail-lb0-f169.google.com ([209.85.217.169]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Wk9XL-0003ZL-NP for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 13 May 2014 10:02:17 +0000 Received: by mail-lb0-f169.google.com with SMTP id s7so87472lbd.0 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:02:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.8.7 with SMTP id n7mr17476201laa.22.1399975329036; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:02:09 -0700 (PDT) Sender: bernd.jendrissek@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.230.44 with HTTP; Tue, 13 May 2014 03:02:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 12:02:08 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: WrYckMDqyaVXeA8g80G4Dpnvd90 Message-ID: From: Bernd Jendrissek To: Peter Grigor Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (bernd.jendrissek[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1Wk9XL-0003ZL-NP Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Fee Formula Proposal X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 10:02:18 -0000 On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 3:21 AM, Peter Grigor wrote: > This was originally submitted to the bitcoin github issue manager. I'm > re-posting here. > > I propose the transaction fee should be calculated from a percentage of the > input amount divided by the confirmations of the input multiplied by the > number of inputs. For reference: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/4171 I think the responses in the issue tracker already adequately address why this doesn't belong in *Bit*coin. Your cure is worse than the disease, IMHO.