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* [bitcoin-dev] A Proposed Compromise to the Block Size Limit
@ 2015-06-27 14:39 Michael Naber
  2015-06-27 15:21 ` Peter Todd
  2015-06-27 15:33 ` Adam Back
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 43+ messages in thread
From: Michael Naber @ 2015-06-27 14:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bitcoin-dev

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Demand to participate in a low-fee global consensus network will likely
continue to rise. Technology already exists to meet that rising demand
using a blockchain with sufficient block size. Whether that blockchain is
Bitcoin Core with an increased block size, or whether it is a fork, market
forces make it almost certain that demand will be met by a blockchain with
adequate capacity. These forces ensure that not only today’s block size
will be increased, but also that future increases will occur should the
demand arise.

In order to survive, Bitcoin Core must remain the lowest-fee,
highest-capacity, most secure, distributed, fastest, overall best solution
possible to the global consensus problem. Attempting to artificially
constrain the block size below the limits of technology for any reason is a
conflict with this objective and a threat to the survival of Bitcoin Core.
At the same time, scheduling large future increases or permitting unlimited
dynamic scaling of the block size limit raises concerns over availability
of future computing resources. Instead, we should manually increase the
block size limit as demand occurs, except in the special case that
increasing the limit would cause an undue burden upon users wishing to
validate the integrity of the blockchain.

Compromise: Can we agree that raising the block size to a static 8MB now
with a plan to increase it further should demand necessitate except in the
special case above is a reasonable path forward?

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* Re: [bitcoin-dev] A Proposed Compromise to the Block Size Limit
@ 2015-06-28  5:34 Raystonn
  2015-06-28 10:07 ` Adam Back
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 43+ messages in thread
From: Raystonn @ 2015-06-28  5:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Peter Todd; +Cc: bitcoin-dev

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2015-06-27 14:39 [bitcoin-dev] A Proposed Compromise to the Block Size Limit Michael Naber
2015-06-27 15:21 ` Peter Todd
2015-06-27 15:29   ` Randi Joseph
2015-06-27 15:32     ` Peter Todd
2015-06-27 16:19   ` Michael Naber
2015-06-27 17:20     ` Peter Todd
2015-06-27 17:26       ` Benjamin
2015-06-27 17:37         ` Peter Todd
2015-06-27 17:46           ` Benjamin
2015-06-27 17:54             ` Peter Todd
2015-06-27 17:58               ` Venzen Khaosan
2015-06-27 19:34               ` Benjamin
2015-06-27 15:33 ` Adam Back
2015-06-27 16:09   ` Michael Naber
2015-06-27 16:28     ` Mark Friedenbach
2015-06-27 16:37     ` Peter Todd
2015-06-27 17:25       ` Michael Naber
2015-06-27 17:34         ` Peter Todd
2015-06-27 18:02           ` Jameson Lopp
2015-06-27 18:47             ` Peter Todd
2015-06-28  5:34 Raystonn
2015-06-28 10:07 ` Adam Back
2015-06-28 10:29   ` Benjamin
2015-06-28 12:37     ` Adam Back
2015-06-28 16:32       ` Raystonn .
2015-06-28 17:12         ` Mark Friedenbach
2015-06-28 17:18           ` Benjamin
2015-06-28 17:29           ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-28 17:45             ` Mark Friedenbach
2015-06-28 17:51             ` Adam Back
2015-06-28 18:58               ` Adam Back
2015-06-28 21:05                 ` Gavin Andresen
2015-06-28 21:23                   ` Michael Naber
2015-06-28 22:07                   ` Adam Back
2015-06-29  0:59                     ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-06-29  1:13                     ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-06-29  1:45                     ` Andy Schroder
2015-06-30  0:42                     ` Tom Harding
2015-07-10  2:55                 ` Tom Harding
2015-06-28 17:53             ` Jorge Timón
2015-06-28 19:22             ` Andrew Lapp
2015-06-28 19:40               ` Benjamin
2015-06-28 12:32   ` Milly Bitcoin

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