First time posting to this mailing list so feel free to ignore me if this is a stupid idea.
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Mike Hearn <m...@plan99.net> wrote: > > We need to get away from the notion of senders attaching fees anyway. This is > the wrong > way around because it’s the recipient who cares about double spending risk, > not the sender. > It seems to me that a common problem currently revolves around accepting transactions in retail scenarios, such as paying for a sandwich from Subway. A solution could be to give the vendor responsibility for setting the fee, which means they can choose the trade-off that works best for them in terms of fee size vs. speed of processing. Idea: Add a "fee" parameter to the payment URI specification. When processing the transaction, the customer's UI should show only the total price, including both the transfer amount and the fee. The vendor only accepts the transaction if the customer uses the right amount and fee. If the fee is too small (for example, the user might be using an older wallet and has selected a fee of zero), the vendor can issue a refund transaction immediately and tell the user to try again. Pros: - could easily be implemented immediately - old wallets would still be supported by just manually entering the fee as users do now - no greater risk of double spending on either side - maintains the distributed nature of the system - relies on humans to judge the fee (who are much less likely to spiral infinitely upwards) - flexible enough to support varying sizes of transaction and varying degrees of security Cons - requires the vendor to have sufficient understanding of Bitcoin to make the trade-off - doesn't solve the problem of selecting a fee for transactions between individuals/laymen - doesn't solve fee selection for automated transactions such as mixing/de/refragmentation Thoughts? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
