Luke has discussed this at length in the past. As a satellite node runner, there would be clear benefits to smaller blocks in terms of IBD via satellite.
Everyone wants to compare block size to home internet bandwidth, but this is folly. Initial chain download and sync is the key step and cost in terms of time and hardware is the real cost.
drgo / Dr. Bitcoin, MD
npub1fa…nthnd
2024-07-03 20:11:05
in reply to nevent1q…s8h9
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npub1fa8c9prxnrlkdtjl48adfsxyaduz8tas075l2n4f6903y9awjmxqanthndPublished at
2024-07-03 20:11:05Event JSON
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