I think paying for services is in general a great idea, but one that Bitcoin can much better serve once Lightning is in production. Not only does it enable cost-effective micro-transactions, it also should allow nodes to initiate payments before they have a synced node (which is something impractical at present).
On Wednesday 03 May 2017 9:08:35 PM Erik Aronesty via bitcoin-dev wrote: > IDEA: > > - Full nodes advertise a bitcoin address. Users that need to download the > block chain from that node can be encouraged to send a tip to the peers > that served them (by % served). Recommended tip of 10mbit should be fine. > > - A full nodes can *require* a tip to download the blockchain. If they do, > users that don't specify a tip cannot use them. > > CONS: > > For some people, this may represent a barrier to hosting their own full > node. After all, if you have to pay $15 just to get a copy of the > blockchain, that just adds to the already expensive prospect of hosting a > full node. > > PROS: > > As long as you manage to stay online, you should get your money back and > more. This is the an incentive for quality, long term hosting. > > In the long term, this should cause stable nodes to stick around longer. > It also discourages "installation spam" attacks on the network. > > Fees for other node operations can be considered if this is successful. _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
