From: "Jorge Timón" <jtimon@jtimon•cc>
To: Chris Wardell <wardell.c@gmail•com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Dynamically Controlled Bitcoin Block Size Max Cap
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:31:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABm2gDp0o5DBzuoyZ=SFvnBXTwPYFWhdOqUPkP_M_3koNMVP1g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEieSeSw04FYCCa-Df+V6BgJo1RHqPvJWt9t=c-JCC=dnhraWA@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Chris Wardell via bitcoin-dev
<bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> I'm no authority on the subject, but I don't understand why there is a max
> block-size, other than anti-spam measures.
>
> The only other reason I have heard for a max-block-size is to force people
> into paying higher fees.
For the 73th time or so this month on this list:
The maximum block size consensus rule limits mining centralization
(which is currently pretty bad).
But don't worry about not being an authority on the subject: Gavin
(who has written extensively on the subject) doesn't seem to
understand this either.
He thinks it only limits full node centralization (by limiting how
expensive it can be to run a full node).
I thought the later would be quite obvious for everyone, but this
month I've discovered that I've been extremely optimistic about
people's understanding of the effects of the consensus rule they want
to change.
For the later reason (the one Gavin and I agree on) there's an old but
very clear video explaining it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZp7UGgBR0I
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-20 7:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-18 12:13 Upal Chakraborty
2015-08-18 17:26 ` Chris Wardell
2015-08-20 7:31 ` Jorge Timón [this message]
2015-08-20 10:23 ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-21 0:25 ` Tom Harding
2015-08-21 0:37 ` Peter Todd
2015-08-21 16:52 ` Tom Harding
2015-08-21 22:21 ` Peter Todd
2015-08-21 23:16 ` Tom Harding
2015-08-22 0:01 ` Peter Todd
2015-08-22 3:21 ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-22 6:26 ` Peter Todd
2015-08-23 23:41 ` Tom Harding
2015-08-24 2:27 ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-21 0:45 ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-21 0:58 ` Peter Todd
2015-08-21 1:30 ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-21 20:28 ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-21 12:13 ` Sriram Karra
2015-08-21 20:09 ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-18 19:44 ` cedric perronnet
2015-08-18 20:58 ` Danny Thorpe
2015-08-18 21:17 ` Chris Wardell
2015-08-19 17:21 ` Upal Chakraborty
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-08-21 21:45 Upal Chakraborty
2015-08-20 15:02 Upal Chakraborty
2015-08-17 11:57 Rodney Morris
2015-08-17 12:38 ` Angel Leon
2015-08-17 12:43 ` Tier Nolan
2015-08-17 9:44 Upal Chakraborty
2015-08-17 9:54 ` Levin Keller
2015-08-17 9:59 ` Patrick Strateman
2015-08-17 10:51 ` Btc Drak
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