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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:55:28 -0400
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From: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>
To: Tom Harding <tomh@thinlink.com>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] The need for larger blocks
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I completely agree with Pieter: usage will grow to fill whatever maximum
block size the miners decide to allow (or whatever maximum block size is
imposed by minimum transaction fees or a hard cap on block size).

I am not scared by increased usage, though: more usage and adoption means
more investment, more smart engineers, and more people with incentives to
solve whatever scaling problems crop up. All of that makes Bitcoin stronger.

And I don't feel like this process has been hurried: I've been working on
this (thinking, testing, simulating, talking, writing code, talking to key
people and companies) almost exclusively since late last year. In my humble
opinion, BIP 101 is a good compromise between "no limit, let the miners
decide" and "lower the max size so a raspberry pi running on a 56K modem
can be a full node."


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<div dir=3D"ltr">I completely agree with Pieter: usage will grow to fill wh=
atever maximum block size the miners decide to allow (or whatever maximum b=
lock size is imposed by minimum transaction fees or a hard cap on block siz=
e).<div><br></div><div>I am not scared by increased usage, though: more usa=
ge and adoption means more investment, more smart engineers, and more peopl=
e with incentives to solve whatever scaling problems crop up. All of that m=
akes Bitcoin stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>And I don&#39;t feel like t=
his process has been hurried: I&#39;ve been working on this (thinking, test=
ing, simulating, talking, writing code, talking to key people and companies=
) almost exclusively since late last year. In my humble opinion, BIP 101 is=
 a good compromise between &quot;no limit, let the miners decide&quot; and =
&quot;lower the max size so a raspberry pi running on a 56K modem can be a =
full node.&quot;</div><div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><br></=
div>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature">--<br>Gavin Andresen<br></div>
</div></div>

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