On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Dan Libby via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On 07/13/2017 06:39 AM, Hampus Sjöberg via bitcoin-dev wrote: > >> I believe that a good reason not to wish your node to be segwit > > compliant is to avoid having to deal with the extra bandwidth that > > segwit could require. Running a 0.14.2 node means being ok with >1MB > > blocks, in case segwit is activated and widely used. Users not > > interested in segwit transactions may prefer to keep the cost of their > > node lower. > > > > If the majority of the network decides to deploy SegWit, it would be in > > your best interest to validate the SegWit transactions, because you > > might will be downgraded to near-SPV node validation. > > It would be okay to still run a "non-SegWit" node if there's no SegWit > > transactions in the chain of transactions for your bitcoins, otherwise > > you cannot fully verify the the ownership of your bitcoins. > > I'm not sure the practicality of this in the long run, but it makes a > > case for having an up-to-date non-SegWit node, although I think it's a > > bit of a stretch. > > Right. Well, if I never upgrade to segwit, then there seems little > (zero?) risk of having any segwit tx in my tx chain. > > If you mean you wish to avoid receiving UTXOs that have value that was at one point previously encumbered by a SegWit output then no, you can't avoid that. No more than you can currently avoid receiving BTC that were at one point in time encumbered by a P2SH output. > Thus this would be a way I could continue with a lower bandwidth cap and > also keep my coins "untainted", so to speak. > > I'm not sure about it for the long run either. more just something of > an experiment. > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >
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