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On Friday, 1 September 2017 20:15:53 CEST Cserveny Tamas wrote:
> The usage growth seems to be more of exponential rather than linear.
> Sooner or later the block size will need to be 4 mb then 40 mb, then what
> is the real limit? Otherwise waiting times and thus the fees will just
> grow rapidly. I don't think that it is desirable.
The real limit is set by the technology. Just like in 1990 we could not
fathom having something like YouTube and high-res video streaming (Netflix),
the limits of what is possible continually shifts.
This is basically how any successful product has ever grown, I think that it
is not just desirable, it is inevitable.
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Tom Zander
Blog: https://zander.github.io
Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel
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