{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1du3xh5wgds32a5fweqkd9k45kh30wl7kv2kyu8ugz9c2ztdg00tqqvyg93","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1du3xh5wgds32a5fweqkd9k45kh30wl7kv2kyu8ugz9c2ztdg00tqqvyg93","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2015-08-07\n📝 Original message:On Thursday 6. August 2015 20.52.28 Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev wrote:\n\u003e It's about reduction of trust. Running a full node and using it verify your\n\u003e transactions is how you get personal assurance that everyone on the network\n\u003e is following the rules. And if you don't do so yourself, the knowledge that\n\u003e others are using full nodes and relying on them is valuable. Someone just\n\u003e running 1000 nodes in a data center and not using them for anything does\n\u003e not do anything for this, it's adding network capacity without use.\n\u003e \n\u003e That doesn't mean that the full node count (or the reachable full node\n\u003e count even) are meaningless numbers. They are an indication of how hard it\n\u003e is (for various reasons) to run/use a full node, and thus provide feedback.\n\u003e But they are not the goal, just an indicator.\n\nYou make a logical fallacy;\n\nI would agree that nodes are there for people to stop trusting someone that \nthey have no trust-relationship with.\n\nBut your conclusion that low node count is an indication that its hard to run \none discards your own point.  You forget the point that running a node is only \nneeded if you don't know anyone you can trust to run it for you.  I'm pretty \ndarn sure that this will have a bigger effect on nodecount than how hard it \nis.\nOr, in other words, without a need to run a node you can't judge the \ndifficulty of why there aren't more running.\n\n\n\u003eFrom another mail;\nOn Thursday 6. August 2015 17.26.11 Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev wrote:\n\u003e Maybe. But I believe that it is essential to not take unnecessary risks,\n\u003e and find a non-controversial solution.\n\nThis is a very political answer; it doesn't actually say anything since \n'unnecessary' is a personal judgment. Everyone will agree with you, but that \ndoesn't mean anything.\n\n-- \nTom Zander"}