Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1448B8A1 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:41:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mx-out02.mykolab.com (mx.kolabnow.com [95.128.36.1]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03CC41E7 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:41:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at kolabnow.com X-Spam-Score: -2.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mx03.mykolab.com (mx03.mykolab.com [10.20.7.101]) by mx-out02.mykolab.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFF4F63C0E; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:41:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Tom Zander To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Paul Iverson Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:43:34 +0200 Message-ID: <10740865.BWG7G26IGS@cherry> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:49:04 +0000 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Hard fork proposal from last week's meeting X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:41:08 -0000 On Tuesday, 28 March 2017 21:56:49 CEST Paul Iverson via bitcoin-dev wrote: > It is clear that, spam aside, blocks are getting full and we need increase > them soon. What I don't like about your proposal is it forces all node > operators to implicitly accept larger blocks in 2020, even maybe against > their will. 32 MB blocks might result in a loss of decentralization, and > it might be too difficult to coordinate for small blocks before it's too > late. The suggestion was not to produce 32MB blocks, so your fear here is unfounded. -- Tom Zander Blog: https://zander.github.io Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel