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0 pointsEvanKelly13y ago0 comments

I read a few pages of the forum posts about SD's transaction "spam". Could you clarify the notion in the thread that SD is generating more money for themselves by using these micro-transactions rather than internalized accounting?

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josephagoss13y ago

The spam is the 1 Satoshi (0.00000001 Bitcoin) sent to players to confirm a loss, whereas a win they send a healthy amount back (The winnings)

At the moment Bitcoin cannot handle lots of transactions made with its smallest unit. This is being called spamming the block chain.

EvanKellyOP13y ago

I gathered most of that. My confusion was that people on the bitcoin forum were implying that performing loads of 1 Satoshi transactions was financially beneficial for SD somehow, as well as to miners.

wmf13y ago

I can't think of any way SatoshiDice benefits from the spam it creates. It's almost like a form of trolling. If this spam benefits no one a rule change shouldn't be a big deal.

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