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Does it matter even in the slightest why the block size limit was put in
place? It does not. Bitcoin is a decentralized payment network, and the
relationship between utility (block size) and decentralization is
empirical. Why the 1MB limit was put in place at the time might be a
historically interesting question, but it bears little relevance to the
present engineering issues.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Jean-Paul Kogelman via bitcoin-dev <
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>
> > Enter a =E2=80=9Ctemporary=E2=80=9D anti-spam measure - a one megabyte =
block size limit.
> Let=E2=80=99s test this out, then increase it once we see how things work=
. So far
> so good=E2=80=A6
> >
>
> The block size limit was put in place as an anti-DoS measure (monster
> blocks), not "anti-spam". It was never intended to have any economic
> effect, not on spam and not on any future fee market.
>
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> jp
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Does it matter even in the slightest why the block size li=
mit was put in place? It does not. Bitcoin is a decentralized payment netwo=
rk, and the relationship between utility (block size) and decentralization =
is empirical. Why the 1MB limit was put in place at the time might be a his=
torically interesting question, but it bears little relevance to the presen=
t engineering issues.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Jean-Paul Kogelman via bitco=
in-dev <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfound=
ation.org" target=3D"_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>><=
/span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8=
ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D""><br>
> Enter a =E2=80=9Ctemporary=E2=80=9D anti-spam measure - a one megabyte=
block size limit. Let=E2=80=99s test this out, then increase it once we se=
e how things work. So far so good=E2=80=A6<br>
><br>
<br>
</span>The block size limit was put in place as an anti-DoS measure (monste=
r blocks), not "anti-spam". It was never intended to have any eco=
nomic effect, not on spam and not on any future fee market.<br>
<br>
<br>
jp<br>
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