Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE9A493E for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:58:08 +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 2FECC16E for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:58:05 +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 E6345643BF; Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:58:01 +0200 (CEST) From: Tom Zander To: Jared Lee Richardson Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:57:59 +0200 Message-ID: <1922432.iaUNhnELJe@strawberry> In-Reply-To: References: <1715389.dpD6Bbpm7b@strawberry> 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: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:03:55 +0000 Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion 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: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:58:09 -0000 On Thursday, 30 March 2017 22:51:45 CEST Jared Lee Richardson wrote: > Unfortunately miners could arbitrarily decide to limit blocksizes, and > there's little except relay restrictions that everyone else could do about > it. No, there is a lot you and I can do about it. They call it a fee market for a reason because you can take your money elsewhere. You can choose to not make the transfer at all, use another crypto or just use fiat. Bitcoin has value because we use it as money, supporess that usecase and the value of it goes down. -- Tom Zander Blog: https://zander.github.io Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel