[bisq-network/proposals] Remove attachment feature from dispute chat (#336)

[chimp1984]

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The attachments are likely a main factor for large mailbox messages. Currently it is about 4-5 MB of data for a new users to download at initial data request. We optimized that to keep those data locally so repeated start ups will only request the missing data.
But 5 MB is already pretty heavy for slow connections and risk for timeouts high. So I would suggest to remove the attachment feature in the UI. It can be done a pure UI change so its very simple and will serve its purpose. To remove it from the data structure would have more complextity with backward compatibility. Receiving attachments can be allowed as well, so in case old clients who still can send them can expect that the receiver gets them.

Users who need to send a screenshot or the like should use any image upload service. We can add a recommendation for a privacy (tor browser compatible) one. Its also important that mediators/arbitrators will not open an arbitrary link as it might lead to a malicious webpage.

If that proposal gets support, is there any dev who want to implement that? As said its UI layer only work.


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