# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-05-18 15:00:13
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8363.msg127432#msg127432

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 @p{brk}
They haven't paid the ECDSA price.  The decision is "I know how big this transaction, how many OP_CHECKSIG opcodes I'll have to compute to verify it, and how much transaction fees it pays.  Should I do the work of verifying it or should I just ignore it?" @p{par}

 @p{brk}
@ribuck:  yes, the UI would be much simpler, but internally the client needs a model of what the miners are accepting.  Maybe a really simple internal model will work if the UI is really simple...