# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-03-05 15:34:39
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4149.msg60293#msg60293

Nice analysis!  I'm tempted to put a link to your post in the code as a comment... @p{par}

The whole transaction prioritization scheme was written by Satoshi after I suggested that de-prioritizing "small new" transactions might help the spamming problem.  In the last couple of days we've exchanged email about possibly modifying it; @p{(link}pull request 88@p{link)} is the first suggested change (it makes the CreateTransaction fee calculations match the CreateBlock calculations). @p{par}

Until somebody finishes implementing lightweight '@p{(link}headers-only block download@p{link)}', we should try to keep block size small@p{--} otherwise new users will have to wait an even longer time before being able to use bitcoin. @p{par}

Also:  the Faucet is now paying a 0.01 BTC fee per transaction.  With the CreateTransaction fix, it probably would be anyway (the transactions it creates look very spammy). @p{brk}