Making insane fee non-standard - page 2.

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Quote from: empoweoqwj on December 16, 2013, 01:02:33 AM

Nothing we can do. we can warn people against using it?

Pull requests welcome.
(but in master the confirmation dialog always shows the fee, and shows the total in BTC, mBTC and uBTC no matter what unit configured, so it's much more difficult make mistakes already)

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Quote from: gmaxwell on December 16, 2013, 12:48:04 AM

Quote from: jl2012 on December 15, 2013, 11:42:57 PM

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/oops-20btc-fee-paid-on-05-transaction-372725
Someone just

"Just" as in >1500 blocks ago (IOW over a week ago)? Current Bitcoin-qt codebase will not aid someone in footgunning like this, but there isn't anything we can do about irresponsible services like brainwallet (which create extreme risk of loss in several ways, not just this one).

Please don't start another thread about this.

Nothing we can do. we can warn people against using it?

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Quote from: jl2012 on December 15, 2013, 11:42:57 PM

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/oops-20btc-fee-paid-on-05-transaction-372725
Someone just

"Just" as in >1500 blocks ago (IOW over a week ago)? Current Bitcoin-qt codebase will not aid someone in footgunning like this, but there isn't anything we can do about irresponsible services like brainwallet (which create extreme risk of loss in several ways, not just this one).

Please don't start another thread about this.

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Quote from: jl2012 on December 15, 2013, 11:42:57 PM

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/oops-20btc-fee-paid-on-05-transaction-372725

Someone just accidentally paid 20BTC as fee. I think we should make any transaction with >0.1 XBT fee as non-standard. (0.0001 XBT/kB * 1000kB = 0.1 XBT).

OT: This could be avoided if the blockchain.info API blocked the transaction.

Certainly any client should produce warnings galore before someone is allowed to do this. Blocking the transaction is also a good idea, presuming there are "no good uses" for sending huge transaction fees.

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https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/oops-20btc-fee-paid-on-05-transaction-372725

Someone just accidentally paid 20BTC as fee. I think we should make any transaction with >0.1 XBT fee as non-standard. (0.0001 XBT/kB * 1000kB = 0.1 XBT).

OT: This could be avoided if the blockchain.info API blocked the transaction.

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