SPO Poll - Q3 2023 Setup Preferences: Answer 6 (None of the above)

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@ChrisSTR8

I will vote “None of the above” and add metadata to the transaction “Replace minStaticFee with minVariableFee of 5 percent” or add this metadata with another option, but I believe the effect is strongest with the “None” option.

@Terminada

I like this idea of adding metadata and also suggested this on the Matrix “Time: SPO’s, node, testnets” channel.

I believe it’s worth the extra work to enter this “missing” poll option as metadata, after being disappointed by not seeing it as a primary option, and I intend also to do this.

I’ve also posted here in hope that they will re-do the poll, with proof that the option for a minVariableFee has been with the community all along (though new SPOs might not have noticed it was missing from the vote):

Entering Voltaire: poll experiment live on mainnet

Without providing an option for a minimum variable fee, and offering to extend the protocol to support that new parameter, this vote doesn’t cover all the available options and might as well not be taken at all. A manual vote review including the metadata (see @ChrisSTR8 posting here) will reveal a candidacy for slashing the minimum fixed fee & replacing it with a scaled minimum variable fee as outlined below. For the sake of sincerity, I hope poll takers are inclined to recognise that the te…