[POLL] Feature request: Use all owned addresses to verify poll creation fee

[barton2526]

Presently, when creating a poll the user requires a balance of 100k GRC in 250 or less UTXOs on one address. Given that users can vote with all addresses they own, it seems logical that one could fulfill the poll creation balance check with a valid balance spread over multiple addresses (assuming UTXO count is <250).

[cyrossignol]

This is a spam mitigation. Unlike votes, polls are fully verified upon receipt. A node defers expensive verification for vote contracts until it calculates the poll result. The address/UTXO limit caps the overhead needed to manage poll spam that would fail to confirm in the chain.

We can probably relax the limits without significantly eroding protection—it's pretty strict. I didn't see much need for the additional complexity, though, since a poll creator should have a strong enough understanding of the software to reorganize UTXOs as needed. Worst case, someone who wants to make a poll without that knowledge may not understand the poll requirements and should at least participate in a community that can help guide the poll creation (or that can submit a poll on their behalf).

[nathanielcwm]

Well it doesn't apprar to be that helpful as a form as spam mitigation lmao.

[cyrossignol]

@nathanielcwm Heh, this one can't prevent bad polls caused by issues between chair and keyboard... 🙂

[jamescowens]

After careful consideration, I think @cyrossignol is right on this, and I am going to leave the code as is. I am not really interested in making it easier to do a poll, further, I actually like the idea that all of the funds in the attestation for the poll come from one address. Folks that have enough funds to do a poll should have a good enough understanding of UTXO's to be able to meet the requirement.