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If we want to scale Bitcoin eventually then we should just keep Segwit where it is IMO. Doesn't Segwit make batched transactions + Lightning channel opens... significantly cheaper? If Bitcoin is to be better adopted in the future... the extra blockspace/scaling (without changing anything currently) would be really helpful...
My point is that if people are concerned about spam/data graffiti then by raising fees they get less graffiti. Either you increase demand for blockspace... or decrease throughput
Way cleaner and less controversial than Knots/Bip alternatives being proposed today IMO
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We are currently averaging at around 1.6 MB per block. Removing the witness discount would bring us back to 1 MB blocks. This would be a 37.5% decrease in L1 transaction throughput. Over the past week we have been seeing a ~16% reduction in block production rate. (presumably due to the US winter storm) Despite this fees are still very low. Yes, a 37.5% decrease would increase fees more, but I wouldn't go as far as saying that fees would immediately explode to levels of 2017 or April 20th 2024.
After such a change L1 would probably become more of a final settlement layer and less useful for small payments. So we should focus on improving L2 scaling solutions like Lightning or Ark.