Friedrich von Rothbard
· 78w
There are two different things to consider here:
1. Whether to support the PR or oppose the PR
2. *When* to show such support / opposition
Core devs need to answer valid technical and economic concer...
1. Doesn't directly strengthen or weaken.
2. Less, gives people embedding data in fake outputs the alternative to do so in an output that does is not stored in the UTXO set, potentially reducing pressure on its growth, which has an effect on the hardware required to run nodes in the decades to come. Keeps mining template providers competitive with each other, which benefits small-scale miners.
3. Yes, work on stratumv2, utreexo, swift sync. All of them are worked on simultaneously too. Adding more avenues for detecting data in transactions is not actively pursued. Many think that is a futile exercise.