* Put pressure on SatoshiDICE to stop the transaction spam. The principals involved in SatoshiDICE are Erik Voorhees,
If he can spam Bitcoin network that means its a vulnerability. Vulnerability that needs to be fixed.
It is pointless to "put pressure" on anybody. On the contrary, its good that somebody shows us what needs to be improved. SatoshiDICE is not our enemy, just an opportunist using an opportunity.
If ever governments decide that they don't like Bitcoin after all, SatoshiDICE will be the least of our problems. A
real enemy like that will use any means possible (including spamming the network) to harm BTC.
So perhaps let's grab this opportunity to harden the Bitcoin protocol instead of complaining.
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Pressuring SatoshiDice is a band-aid, not a solution. The Bitcoin system is supposed to work, we're not supposed to ask people to do us a favor and not use it.
To solve the problem of unprunable small outputs, we need some form of
output upkeep costs.
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