I'd like to garner consensus on whether anyone else thinks it desirable to have a flag option for bitcoin to punish blocks for not including transactions. I notice there are already pro-miner options, such as the restricting the relaying of free transactions, and so including an option to restrict relaying of blocks from "stingy" miners to balance against the current bias, so that the default bitcoin client can be run as much pro-miner as pro-non-miner.<br>
<br>On Monday, May 28, 2012, <a href="mailto:rebroad@gmail.com">rebroad@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
What i think this thread reveals is whether a bitcoin client is pro-miner or pro-non-miner. What i think is needed is a fork where one benefits miners (e.g. Limits relaying of free transactions, as has been added to the current default client), and one that benefits non-miners (e.g. Limits relaying of blocks not including free transactions). Then people can vote based on the client they use.<br>
<br>It seems to me that the current main client is a pro-miner one, and possibly not what most people would vote for if they were given an easier choice.</blockquote>