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Hard to say without knowing the counter factual, e.g. if SegWit was deployed with no discount and the witness data included in the 1 MB limit.

We don't know what part of that 50℅ was due to slower sync vs. e.g. just more user friendly wallets (that don't use a full node).

Without knowing which of these nodes actually controlled funds vs just astroturfing it's not even clear if the trend is really down.
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Chris Monetary Maximalist Eleutheropraxeology 2y ago

SegWit was not the only solution proposal for transaction malleability; remember BIP62 with Pieter Wuille’s proposed tweaks to the BIP in July 2014.

SegWit inadvertently prevented covert ASICBoost.

Incentives for UXTO consolidation could exist without SegWit discount; transaction byte size fee payment encourage already UXTO consolidation.

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Sjors Provoost 2y ago

BIP62 is partially implemented, but the remainder is withdrawn. Afaik it wouldn't be enough to be safe for Lightning, but you'd have to ask (Sipa on) the Bitcoin Stack Exchangs.