📅 Original date posted:2017-06-20
📝 Original message:On Tuesday, 20 June 2017 00:41:49 CEST Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev
wrote:
> Can someone make a case why saving no more than those figures would
> justify the near total loss of privacy that filtering gives?
First, your figures are wrong and also fall out of the sky with no
justification. Can’t debunk something that is pure garbage.
Second, stating that a bloom filter is a "total loss of privacy" is equally
baseless and doesn’t need debunking.
> "Because they already do it" isn't a good argument when talking about
> a new protocol feature; things which already do BIP37 will presumably
> continue to already do BIP37.
I think you just made the case for completely rejecting this proposal based
on the fact that nobody will use it, BIP37 already exists.
Not sure if I agree with that, improvements are always useful and we should
be able to come up with replacements.
But arguing against a feature you don’t like, especiallyh one used by
millions every day, is a sad way to stiffle innovation, Greg.
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