Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from <wardell.c@gmail.com>) id 1YqQgb-0002jE-5H for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 07 May 2015 18:38:17 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.216.172 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.172; envelope-from=wardell.c@gmail.com; helo=mail-qc0-f172.google.com; Received: from mail-qc0-f172.google.com ([209.85.216.172]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1YqQga-0007Nl-E3 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 07 May 2015 18:38:17 +0000 Received: by qcyk17 with SMTP id k17so25858585qcy.1 for <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>; Thu, 07 May 2015 11:38:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.55.21.93 with SMTP id f90mr11826226qkh.7.1431023891002; Thu, 07 May 2015 11:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.161.198 with HTTP; Thu, 7 May 2015 11:38:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <CADJgMzti7ROH90APiwg4NOAT5+Av=4i295b8VN0sbSLr4+WWRw@mail.gmail.com> References: <554A91BE.6060105@bluematt.me> <CANEZrP3wGWHdz+ut6pvke5TJJsc1rTFt8sn2KziX35oL5LAsyg@mail.gmail.com> <CABm2gDpDvk2VsQ+mJ-BoeBKmvu9jBXNujZEFKuCStRNjFL6VOA@mail.gmail.com> <CANEZrP2zAGCCBhNa4=9yw+A_Dn5o4SQXoPTE_qcJzZ1dFuF2tw@mail.gmail.com> <CABm2gDqd6iHRUDKZWWTudcC1QkYa+rCuHjz7pMC2K1Db8wpgfA@mail.gmail.com> <CANEZrP1CU0kB0vXeXUX1L8byaT-Zf2xg+3N+GeNthi_i6bn1qw@mail.gmail.com> <CABsx9T2Nxvr4fqREMw3_LXftzsxrUAR1+9sVMa8_EpTnH1nN1Q@mail.gmail.com> <554BA032.4040405@bluematt.me> <CANEZrP3yM9wsSPNgpOsXDk-DjUy5PW2XuRTvK2AyCNbVJ5hZHw@mail.gmail.com> <CADJgMzti7ROH90APiwg4NOAT5+Av=4i295b8VN0sbSLr4+WWRw@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 14:38:10 -0400 Message-ID: <CAEieSeTafYjBCVUotLKBXX=Z3UHBKdi5kU5CFSxXJEmzCudQMg@mail.gmail.com> From: Chris Wardell <wardell.c@gmail.com> To: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1147efc8b039b905158236c7 X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (wardell.c[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1YqQga-0007Nl-E3 Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Block Size Increase X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: <bitcoin-development.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development> List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 18:38:17 -0000 --001a1147efc8b039b905158236c7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Instead of raising the block size to another static number like 20MB, can we raise it dynamically? Make the max block size something like: pow(2, nHeight/100000) * 1MB; //double every ~2 years --001a1147efc8b039b905158236c7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Instead of raising the block size to anothe= r static number like 20MB, can we raise it dynamically?<br><br></div>Make t= he max block size something like:<br></div></div>pow(2, nHeight/100000) * 1= MB;=C2=A0 //double every ~2 years<br><br></div> --001a1147efc8b039b905158236c7--