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Add more language in hope of BIP number assignment
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==Motivation==
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This proposal is part of an effort to increase the number of inbound
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connections that a peer can service, by distinguishing peers which will not
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relay transactions from those that do.
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Since 2019, software has been deployed[1] which initiates
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connections on the Bitcoin network and sets the transaction relay field
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(introduced by BIP 37 and also defined in BIP 60) to false, to prevent
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This proposal adds a new, optional message that a node can send a peer when
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initiating a connection to that peer, to indicate that connection should not be
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used for transaction-relay for the connection's lifetime. In addition, without
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used for transaction relay for the connection's lifetime. In addition, without
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a current mechanism to negotiate whether addresses should be relayed on a
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connection, this BIP suggests that address messages not be sent on links where
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tx-relay has been disabled.
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transaction relay has been disabled.
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After this BIP is deployed, nodes could more easily implement inbound
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connection limiting that differentiates low-resource nodes (such as those
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sending disabletx) from full-relay peers, potentially allowing for an increase
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in the number of block-relay-only connections that can be made on the network.
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==Specification==
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