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> On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Robert Learney via bitcoin-dev =
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
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> That=E2=80=99s not exactly what=E2=80=99s happened though, is it =
Cipher? Gavin put forward 20Mb then after analysis and discussion has =
moved to 8Mb, whereas the other camp of core developers is firmly stuck =
in the =E2=80=981Mb or bust=E2=80=99 group.

The issue isn=E2=80=99t really whether it=E2=80=99s 1MB or 2MB or 4MB or =
8MB or whatever. First of all, the burden of justifying this change =
should be on those proposing a hardfork. The default is to not have a =
hard fork. Second of all, it=E2=80=99s not really about *whether* the =
block size is increased=E2=80=A6but about *when* and *how* it is =
increased. There=E2=80=99s a good argument to be made that right now it =
is more important to address issues such as the fact that validation is =
so expensive (which as others and myself have pointed out has led to a =
collapse of the security model in the past, requiring manual =
intervention to temporarily =E2=80=9Cfix=E2=80=9D)=E2=80=A6and the fact =
that we don=E2=80=99t yet have great solutions to dealing with fees, =
which are a crucial component of the design of the protocol.

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class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Robert Learney via bitcoin-dev =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" =
class=3D"">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
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style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
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0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline =
!important;" class=3D"">That=E2=80=99s not exactly what=E2=80=99s =
happened though, is it Cipher? Gavin put forward 20Mb then after =
analysis and discussion has moved to 8Mb, whereas the other camp of core =
developers is firmly stuck in the =E2=80=981Mb or bust=E2=80=99 =
group.</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">The =
issue isn=E2=80=99t really whether it=E2=80=99s 1MB or 2MB or 4MB or 8MB =
or whatever. First of all, the burden of justifying this change should =
be on those proposing a hardfork. The default is to not have a hard =
fork. Second of all, it=E2=80=99s not really about *whether* the block =
size is increased=E2=80=A6but about *when* and *how* it is increased. =
There=E2=80=99s a good argument to be made that right now it is more =
important to address issues such as the fact that validation is so =
expensive (which as others and myself have pointed out has led to a =
collapse of the security model in the past, requiring manual =
intervention to temporarily =E2=80=9Cfix=E2=80=9D)=E2=80=A6and the fact =
that we don=E2=80=99t yet have great solutions to dealing with fees, =
which are a crucial component of the design of the =
protocol.</div></body></html>=

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