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On 6/26/2015 7:09 AM, Pieter Wuille wrote:
> Furthermore, systems that compete with Bitcoin in this space already
> offer orders of magnitude more capacity than we can reasonably achieve
> with any blockchain technology at this point.
"Reasonably achievable" is a guideline that would keep bitcoin out of
trouble caused by either too little, or too much, declared capacity.=20
This matches Gavin's thinking, though you may differ on the numbers.
> it seems silly to make a huge increase at once...
Unless it is reasonably achievable. Leave the rest to the free market.
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