Turns out that not a single historical violation would have been valid with the suggested relaxation. In fact, it would have only change the number of BIP54-sigops accounted for a single historical violation, c51ffaf08188859669571f897f119b6d39ea48a9334212f554bf4927401b71f3 (8 less BIP54-sigops accounted for under the suggested rule). See the following table for more details.
Expand list of historical violations with sigops counts
| txid | sigops (current rule) | sigops (suggested modification) |
|---|---|---|
659135664894e50040830edb516a76f704fd2be409ecd8d1ea9916c002ab28a2 |
2585 | 2585 |
bea1c2b87fee95a203c5b5d9f3e5d0f472385c34cb5af02d0560aab973169683 |
4020 | 4020 |
24b16a13c972522241b65fbb83d09d4bc02ceb33487f41d1f2f620b047307179 |
3480 | 3480 |
53666009e036171b1aee099bc9cd3cb551969a53315410d13ad5390b8b4f3bd0 |
3480 | 3480 |
ffc178be118bc2f9eaf016d1c942aec18441a6c5ec17c9d92d1da7962f0479f6 |
8040 | 8040 |
2f1654561297114e434c4aea5ca715e4e3f10be0be8c1c9db2b6f68ea76dae09 |
12060 | 12060 |
62fc8d091a7c597783981f00b889d72d24ad5e3e224dbe1c2a317aabef89217e |
7960 | 7960 |
d939315b180d3d73b5e316eb57a18f8137a3f5943aef21a811660d25f1080a3f |
8040 | 8040 |
8a6bfaa78828a81147e4848372d491aa4e9048631982a670ad3a61402a4ec327 |
8040 | 8040 |
02cc78789cc070125817189ec378daa750355c8b22bbce982ed96aa549facb1f |
8040 | 8040 |
b97a16ae2e8ae2a804ed7965373b42055f811653f4628e4bef999145d4b593bc |
4020 | 4020 |
c51ffaf08188859669571f897f119b6d39ea48a9334212f554bf4927401b71f3 |
19971 | 19963 |
33ccdda65abdda8025adb03841410dda5fa8948bd38b7fbaf3fed521daf5c4d3 |
3980 | 3980 |
bb41a757f405890fb0f5856228e23b715702d714d59bf2b1feb70d8b2b4e3e08 |
5569 | 5569 |
ba588134ecc93fdbfa06f795c9bf7a05b09ca9ca9095659e401325d501a90363 |
3116 | 3116 |
ba6c6d2389f765f7873f5a9a7c11bf806afd784d15b0b8dff011fe95d1d5e841 |
3418 | 3418 |
dd49dc50b54b4bc1232e4b68cfdd3d349e49d3d7fe817d1041fff6dd583a6eaf |
5000 | 5000 |
3d724f03e8bcc9e2e3ea79ebe4c6cffca86d85e510742cd6d3ac29d420787a34 |
5000 | 5000 |
8bcf8e8d8265922956bda9b651d2a0e993072c9dca306f3a132dcdb95c7cee6e |
5000 | 5000 |
ba31c8833b7417fec9a84536f32fcb52d432acb66d99b9be6f3899686a269b2b |
3600 | 3600 |
9cc0a350d50fa252264636e62d586c7121d0a5656bc7e6b27354325684bec007 |
3390 | 3390 |
dd5e32971010ef0c9f4cda8977830d727a6828165c69005a3fab67415c755b7d |
3390 | 3390 |
66be4e766df2c23e08f4cf8c3e6cfa202b20967616ace38e1cbc1f20ee78db2e |
3390 | 3390 |
e229a83deafec5f49e4990dba914fd815d05809f5eefbd979d55fb64f93827a3 |
3390 | 3390 |
901e3695838925dd020a085e8f078c393e64179dcf0a43134a1547d21acab49a |
3390 | 3390 |
49ab4d05adbc3294fbbd63d3b876fb97a87a3f5090aa6b1d87f31ab1c4564235 |
3390 | 3390 |
c4f4357657ba403455167b2897acfcb922c2a0973c34e58733ca352394e6c629 |
3390 | 3390 |
6c3ee29a9b584fbeae60169f0abce573a7b768bf21398d4dfad9011aa7132530 |
3390 | 3390 |
5dc2bdc5ce29c52840f10203fd93ffed82da4cf49eddf93437dd1329baa9ade5 |
3390 | 3390 |
f40fd92f5e8cecf956caec4b6abe0b88decafde0ae71d16a72c41cb1a3da0d60 |
3390 | 3390 |
92b68e4a19ef47c0dd022727a9c4b8ceb9466ce752ad8995ffbc5948bdfabf57 |
3390 | 3390 |
1b604a075075197c82d33555ea48ae27e3d2724bc4c3f31650eff79692971fb7 |
3600 | 3600 |
5d8875ed1707cfee2221741b3144e575aec4e0d6412eeffe1e0fa07335f61311 |
5569 | 5569 |
14dd70e399f1d88efdb1c1ed799da731e3250d318bfdadc18073092aa7fd02c2 |
5569 | 5569 |
bb75a8d10cfbe88bb6aba7b28be497ea83f41767f4ee26217e311c615ea0132f |
5000 | 5000 |
a684223716324923178a55737db81383c28f055b844d8196c988c70ee7075a9a |
5569 | 5569 |
fa9120afe1bb09b7154ba82a022cbdcc29fc5be2699b346ebb7ffdc46807b2f7 |
3411 | 3411 |
5e640a7861695fa660343abde52cfe10b5a97dd8fc6ad3c5e4b2b4bb1c8c3dd9 |
5000 | 5000 |
7e7e69b4de5ef05750d27a863bdcb2d9dbc4a732c2a719f435ae5a9a4690b30f |
2853 | 2853 |
d85ce71f583095a76fb17b5bb2a1cbf369e2a2867ca38103aa310cbb2aaf2921 |
3651 | 3651 |
905df97982a2904d6d1b3dfc272435a24d705f4c7e1fc4052798b9904ad5e597 |
3651 | 3651 |
5b0a05f12f33d2dc1507e5c18ceea6bb368afc51f00890965efcc3cb4025997d |
5160 | 5160 |
cb550c9a1c63498f7ecb7bafc6f915318f16bb54069ff6257b4e069b97b367c8 |
5569 | 5569 |
66b614e736c884c1a064f7b0d6a9b0abd97e7bb73ac7e4b1b92b493d558a0711 |
4691 | 4691 |
9fdbcf0ef9d8d00f66e47917f67cc5d78aec1ac786e2abb8d2facb4e4790aad6 |
7350 | 7350 |
9c667c64fcbb484b44dcce638f69130bbf1a4dd0fbb4423f58ceff92af4219ec |
7350 | 7350 |
2e7c454cfc348aa220f53b5ba21a55efa3d36353265f085e34053c4efa575fda |
4386 | 4386 |
484c8f9d1adf16a576bce52721a5e4edd5239df346d94fd730f6d7b681ab3652 |
2728 | 2728 |
e3d3d1ecec5d6b57792c793c413fc9b19189f5b932db8887d46f06abc101d24e |
3314 | 3314 |
b23c99c30339cb93eb04790bc5213f7732365488fe2549802bb472084b6ec508 |
2810 | 2810 |
92f217ec13ab309240adc0798804b3418666344a5cbfff73fb7be8192dad5261 |
3524 | 3524 |
22e861ee83c3d23a4823a3786460119425d8183783068f7ec519646592fac8c2 |
3513 | 3513 |
fa5a58f787f569f5b8fab9dadb2447161fac45b36fb6c2c0f548ed0209b60663 |
3792 | 3792 |
767885bc144bdc0414217547f0169352a065083750371cabe5acbd0e0dd60436 |
2621 | 2621 |
461308024d89ea4231911df4ef24e65e60af2a9204c8282a6b67f4214c1714e7 |
3844 | 3844 |
9db4e0838c55ef20c5eff271fc3bf09a404fff68f9cdad7df8eae732500b983d |
4294 | 4294 |
6e278c0ca05bf8e0317f991dae8a9efa141b5a310a4c18838b4e082e356ef649 |
4141 | 4141 |
9c972a02db30f9ee91cc02b30733d70d4e2d759b5d3c73b240e5026a8a2640c4 |
3991 | 3991 |
d38417fcc27d3422fe05f76f6e658202d7fa394d0c9f5b419fef97610c3c49f1 |
4746 | 4746 |
e32477636e47e1da5fb49090a3a87a3b8ff637d069a70cd5b41595da225e65b4 |
4667 | 4667 |
a7e0a86944e9750a3fe372dd318da7b81c4f4c4ab228741ba0cf7fb6d56d6640 |
3250 | 3250 |
f62f2c6a16b5da61eaae36d30d43bb8dd8932cd89b40d83623fa185b671c67f9 |
4199 | 4199 |
856a2117b6d81acbe6add60a114307d9572dff027079151d50ee77a7b0c70404 |
2575 | 2575 |
763e13f873afa5f24cd33fc570a178c65e0a79c05c88c147335834fc9e8f837b |
4233 | 4233 |
c3f2c2df5388b79949c01d66e83d8bc3b9ccd4f85dbd91465a16fb8e21bf8e1b |
4603 | 4603 |
e245f6c3c6b02dc81ea1b6694735565cc535f603708783be027d0e6a94ac3bd5 |
3856 | 3856 |
02313ac62ca8f03930cdc5d2e437fabc05aea60a31ace18a39678c90b45d32bd |
3895 | 3895 |
01d23d32bccc04b8ca5a934be16da08ae6a760ccaad2f62dc2f337eee7643517 |
4377 | 4377 |
d985c42bcd704aac88b9152aede1cca9bbb6baee55c8577f84c42d600cfec8e4 |
4680 | 4680 |
6bb39576292c69016d0e0c1fe7871640aab12dd95874d67c46cf3424822f8dfd |
4909 | 4909 |
79e30d460594694231f163dd79a69808904819e2f39bf3e31b7ddc4baa030a04 |
4625 | 4625 |
26ed04bd772c7d3d621329bda8eefec9f81108d46ef0bd3b690000465f5254b3 |
2976 | 2976 |
bf40393fedc45a1b347957124ef9bb8ae6a44feecee10ef2cc78064fabf8125f |
4663 | 4663 |
446c0a1d563c93285e93f085192340a82c9aef7a543d41a86b65e215794845ef |
4507 | 4507 |
1cf52f9ef89fa43bb4f042cbd4f80e9f090061e466cbe14c6b7ba525df0e572e |
3847 | 3847 |
54bf51be42ff45cdf8217b07bb233466e18d23fd66483b12449cd9b99c3a0545 |
4925 | 4925 |
b5ca68205e6d55e87bd6163b28467da737227c6cbcc91cb9f6dc7b400163a12b |
4027 | 4027 |
9f8cc4496cff3216608c2f2177ab360bd2d4f58cae6490d5bc23312cf30e72e0 |
4348 | 4348 |
4eba5deb2bbf3abf067f524484763287911e8d68fb54fa09e1287cf6cd6d1276 |
4617 | 4617 |
e3de81a5817a3c825cf44fbf8185e15d446393615568966a6e3fc22cba609c7d |
4124 | 4124 |
1e700d8ce85b17d713cad1a8cae932d26740e7c8ab09d2201ddfe9d1acb4706c |
4297 | 4297 |
b8ba939da1babf863746175b59cbfb3b967354f04db41bd13cb11da58e43d2a8 |
4227 | 4227 |
22df2138a28c9d339813854a38181ffc5ac6f37d171d5b5bd6b0b79bf8d3c641 |
2758 | 2758 |
1d93bfe18bc05b13169837b6bc868a92da3c87938531d6f3b58eee4b8822ecbf |
4654 | 4654 |
e0c5e2dc3a39e733cf1bdb1a55bbcb3c2469f283becf2f99a0de771ec48f6278 |
4423 | 4423 |
c1e00054cc3fef88c2fdec2967e96fdb4c645bcf3f08b0580b51e47ecbfab71a |
2688 | 2688 |
9a567fde7c65bf85bbc2b109277933431ebc8a35de321a4b6436601d68aa4521 |
2580 | 2580 |
6a9263e48a076bfc37deb93d01bf354305f4ac929be6b0ca05c078381a562c0c |
2537 | 2537 |
0683fb9cfcd4a211c14ef7cd2d03739160ff9ba1cb5396be227e475e932a8e9b |
2541 | 2541 |
2290263dddf8f06f099fcfb130a85f8f00b6cc1e05565a4c028d2187c8592d15 |
2508 | 2508 |
d27ca813c97eef5c6e9ed4bd2fe08a7e34aa8ac0c2af353826c73a4e2711a797 |
2704 | 2704 |
b28d67131d00bda9dac0da484dd1352c55ec6a869ea04a7e85b71d2ddf2356d9 |
2609 | 2609 |
We can’t expect transactions that spend many large (7 keys or more) legacy multisigs to suddenly become common. Such usage would anyways impose slightly more cost to the network than available Segwit alternatives. And even when it was the only option, there was no instance of legitimate usage that would run into the limit.
For these reasons i don’t plan to adopt the suggestion and will stick with the simpler limit. Please let me know if there is something i failed to consider appropriately.