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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] [Lightning-dev] Removing the Dust Limit
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Good morning shymaa

> If u allow me to discuss,,,
> I previously suggested storing dust UTXOS in a separate Merkle tree or st=
rucutre in general if we are talking about the original set.
> I'm a kind of person who doesn't like to throw any thing; if it's not nee=
ded now keep it in the basement for example.=C2=A0
> So, if dust UTXOS making a burden keep them in secondary storage, where i=
n such cases u can verify then delete them.

While this technique helps reduce *average* CPU cost, it does not reduce *w=
orst-case* CPU cost (and if the secondary storage trades off to gain increa=
sed capacity per satoshi by sacrificing speed, it can worse the worst-case =
time).

It is helpful to remember that attacks will always target worst-case behavi=
or.
This is why quicksort is strongly disrecommended for processing data coming=
 from external sources, its worst-case time is O(n^2).
And we should switch to algorithms like mergesort or similar whose average =
times are generally worse than quicksort but have the major advantage of ke=
eping an O(n log n) worst-case.

Moving data we think is unlikely to be referenced to secondary storage (pre=
sumably in a construction that is slower but gets more storage per economic=
 unit) moves us closer to quicksort than mergesort, and we should avoid qui=
cksort-like solutions as it is always the worst-case behavior that is targe=
ted in attacks.

Regards,
ZmnSCPxj