in v0.12 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7081 (by @luke-jr) was merged adding `-bytespersigop` (with default of 20).

this is preventing simple bare multisig transactions from being accepted into mempool when the size is < 400 bytes.  
eg; https://gist.github.com/rubensayshi/ac4f617207f7a50559e85d61c05800be

from 1-of-7 and onwards they are accepted because the ratio of bytes:sigops is high enough.  
also having 2 or more inputs will work because it again tips the ratio of bytes:sigops over.

the reason mainly being that `GetLegacySigOpCount` calls `GetSigOpCount` with `fAccurate=false`.

It looks like changing `GetLegacySigOpCount` to use `fAccurate=true` would cause side effects in the few other places (`ConnectBlock`, `CheckBlock`, `CreateNewBlock`) and simply adding `fAccurate` as arg to `GetLegacySigOpCount` would affect the value stored in `CTxMemPoolEntry.sigOpCount` which in turn affects a bunch of other things.

}
            
            
            const int nPrunedBlocksLikelyToHave = MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP - 3600 / chainparams.GetConsensus().nPowTargetSpacing;
            if (fPruneMode && (!(pindex->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA) || pindex->nHeight <= chainActive.Tip()->nHeight - nPrunedBlocksLikelyToHave))
            {
                LogPrint("net", " getblocks stopping, pruned or too old block at %d %s\n", pindex->nHeight, pindex->GetBlockHash().ToString());
                break;
            }
            pfrom->PushInventory(CInv(MSG_BLOCK, pindex->GetBlockHash()));
            if (--nLimit <= 0)
            {
                
                
                LogPrint("net", "  getblocks stopping at limit %d %s\n", pindex->nHeight, pindex->GetBlockHash().ToString());
                pfrom->hashContinue = pindex->GetBlockHash();
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    else if (strCommand == NetMsgType::GETBLOCKTXN)
    {
        BlockTransactionsRequest req;
        vRecv >> req;
        BlockMap::iterator it = mapBlockIndex.find(req.blockhash);
        if (it == mapBlockIndex.end() || !(it->second->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA)) {
            Misbehaving(pfrom->GetId(), 100);
            LogPrintf("Peer %d sent us a getblocktxn for a block we don't have", pfrom->id);
            return true;
        }