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Board Web Wallets
Re: Blockchain.info - Bitcoin Block explorer & Currency Statistics
by
Peter Todd
on 05/09/2012, 23:18:24 UTC
Oh god, thats awful...that is quite possibly the worst way to implement messages in terms of network load...

I'm not sure it's *the* worst way. Look at the Mitt Romney extorters address which someone sent 30 transactions just to try embed an imgur link (http://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW8XVsE8).

No actually, I would argue that your way is still worse. Those transactions embed the message into the amount, which means that when the recipient of those funds eventually spends the free money the transactions can be pruned.