Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] New "feefilter" p2p message

2016-02-16 Thread Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:46 AM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev wrote: > On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:20:26 PM Alex Morcos via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> # The feefilter message is defined as a message containing an int64_t where >> pchCommand == "feefilter" > > What happened to extensibility? I did

Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] New "feefilter" p2p message

2016-02-16 Thread Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev
On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:28:31 AM Alex Morcos wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Luke Dashjr wrote: > > On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:20:26 PM Alex Morcos via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > > # The feefilter message is defined as a message containing an int64_t > > > > where > > > > >

Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] New "feefilter" p2p message

2016-02-16 Thread Alex Morcos via bitcoin-dev
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Luke Dashjr wrote: > On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:20:26 PM Alex Morcos via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > # The feefilter message is defined as a message containing an int64_t > where > > pchCommand == "feefilter" > > What happened to extensibility? And why waste 64 bi

Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] New "feefilter" p2p message

2016-02-16 Thread Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev
On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:20:26 PM Alex Morcos via bitcoin-dev wrote: > # The feefilter message is defined as a message containing an int64_t where > pchCommand == "feefilter" What happened to extensibility? And why waste 64 bits for what is almost certainly a small number? > # The fee fil

[bitcoin-dev] [BIP Proposal] New "feefilter" p2p message

2016-02-16 Thread Alex Morcos via bitcoin-dev
Hi, I'm proposing the addition of a new optional p2p message to help reduce unnecessary network traffic. The draft BIP is available here and pasted below: https://gist.github.com/morcos/9aab223c443c9258c979 The goal of this message is to take advantage of the fact that when a node has reached it