Disposing of "dust attack" UTXOs

Posted by remyers

Jan 26, 2026/15:49 UTC

The primary focus of the discussion revolves around optimizing fee efficiency for transactions, with significant endorsement given to the suggestions made by @ajtowns. The emphasis is placed on the necessity for maintaining privacy when managing dust spends. It is pointed out as counterproductive if individuals were to consolidate their dust outputs while simultaneously broadcasting these transactions from their home IP addresses. This highlights a dual concern: optimizing transaction fees and ensuring that the same level of caution applied to regular transactions from dusted addresses is maintained to protect users' privacy. The conversation underscores the importance of strategic and mindful management of digital assets, advocating for both economic and privacy safeguards in the process of handling small balance outputs, known as dust, in cryptocurrency transactions.

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