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That could be part, at least subconsciously. No one likes being wrong, or losing some reputation.

What's the deal with lightning and the witness discount? Someone said somewhere that lightning needs it, but I'm not nearly techy enough to know the truth of it.
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roll_the_dice 3mo ago

No one *needs* the witness discount, they would just pay the same as for non-witness data. And the block size would be reduced back to 1MB.

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roll_the_dice 3mo ago

The reason it was introduced was to get an effective block size increase and incentivize utxo consolidation - which turned out to be completely wrong. The utxo set exploded instead. Oops.