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<p><strong>[...] incentivize transactions to spend more inputs [...]. Are there any data on the success of this pursuit?</strong></p>
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<p>I guess this is data, but you'll have to draw your own conclusions.</p>

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<p>Part of the rationale to apply the witness data discount was to incentivize transactions to spend more inputs and promote a smaller UTXO set. Are there any data on the success of this pursuit?</p>

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Effect of the witness data discount on the UTXO set
Fernando N.
# Effect of the witness data discount on the UTXO set

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-02-01)

Part of the rationale to apply the witness data discount was to incentivize transactions to spend more inputs and promote a smaller UTXO set. Are there any data on the success of this pursuit?

**Tags:** segregated-witness, utxo-set, statistics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/43596/why-is-the-witness-data-fee-discounted-by-a-factor-of-four/  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-02-02. Score: 3

> **[...] incentivize transactions to spend more inputs [...]. Are there any data on the success of this pursuit?**

[![inputs/tx and segwit tx](https://i.sstatic.net/dMMc7.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/dMMc7.png)

I guess this is data, but you'll have to draw your own conclusions.


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