What is Nostr?
wakoinc / Blake
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2023-05-27 08:43:08
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wakoinc on Nostr: Basically, Bitcoin creates custom notes per transaction and doesn’t use common or ...

Basically, Bitcoin creates custom notes per transaction and doesn’t use common or fixed size notes. Instead of $5, $10, $20, $50, etc, you actually hold 0.38B, 5.74B, 9.67B, 21.27B.

When you try and pay a 28.00B, you need to use two UTXO minimum (in this example) - 21.27 + 9.67 = 30.94B - 28.00B, which means 2.94B change (ignoring a mining fee).

That’s pretty typical, but pretend you only have 30 UTXOs less than 1.00B. To make the 28.00B, you. Now need 29+ UTXO inputs, which each cost extra blockchain fees (as each adds more data). Instead of 2 UTXO, you need 29+ UTXO.

If you use low mining fee times to consolidate UTXOs, the cost per UTXO can be 20-50 times less. Instead of 100 sats/vB, it can be 5-10, or less.
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