[bitcoin-dev] tx max fee

Peter Todd pete at petertodd.org
Mon May 8 23:57:59 UTC 2023


On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 07:59:40PM -0400, Erik Aronesty via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> possible to change tx "max fee"  to output amounts?
> 
> seems like the only use case that would support such a tx is spam/dos type
> stuff that satoshi warned about
> 
> its not a fix for everything, but it seems could help a bit with certain
> attacks

With CPFP it often makes sense for a transaction to have a fee larger than the
output amounts.

This proposal would also screw over applications like my OpenTimestamps
service.

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