Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:25:26 -0400
From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
To: Venzen Khaosan <venzen@mail.bihthai.net>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Block size increase oppositionists: please
 clearly define what you need done to increase block size to a static 8MB,
 and help do it
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:15:31PM +0700, Venzen Khaosan wrote:
> > Do what's best for Bitcoin and define what needs to get done to
> > agree to a simple block size increase to a static 8MB.
>=20
> And this then leads back to the core issue: if an 8MB blocksize
> excludes many on this list from testnet, then the proposed 8MB blocks
> will exclude a lot of mainnet participants (miners) and degrade the
> quality of diversity and decentralization.
>=20
> How about testing at double the capacity: 2MB?

Which of course raises another issue: if that was the plan, then all you
can do is double capacity, with no clear way to scaling beyond that.
Why bother?

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