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Original date posted:2015-08-07 š Original message:That's a good question. An ...
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Original date posted:2015-08-07
š Original message:That's a good question.
An argument has been put forward that a larger block size would reduce
the security of the network, so does the converse hold?
On 08/07/2015 11:17 AM, jl2012 via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> What if we reduce the block size to 0.125MB? That will allow 0.375tx/s.
> If 3->24 sounds "almost the same", 3->0.375 also sounds almost the same.
> We will have 50000 full nodes, instead of 5000, since it is so
> affordable to run a full node.
>
> If 0.125MB sounds too extreme, what about 0.5/0.7/0.9MB? Are we going to
> have more full nodes?
>
> No, I'm not trolling. I really want someone to tell me why we
> should/shouldn't reduce the block size. Are we going to have more or
> less full nodes if we reduce the block size?
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Original date posted:2015-08-07\nš Original message:That's a good question.\n\nAn argument has been put forward that a larger block size would reduce\nthe security of the network, so does the converse hold?\n\n\nOn 08/07/2015 11:17 AM, jl2012 via bitcoin-dev wrote:\n\n\u003e What if we reduce the block size to 0.125MB? That will allow 0.375tx/s.\n\u003e If 3-\u003e24 sounds \"almost the same\", 3-\u003e0.375 also sounds almost the same.\n\u003e We will have 50000 full nodes, instead of 5000, since it is so\n\u003e affordable to run a full node.\n\u003e \n\u003e If 0.125MB sounds too extreme, what about 0.5/0.7/0.9MB? Are we going to\n\u003e have more full nodes?\n\u003e \n\u003e No, I'm not trolling. I really want someone to tell me why we\n\u003e should/shouldn't reduce the block size. Are we going to have more or\n\u003e less full nodes if we reduce the block size?\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e bitcoin-dev mailing list\n\u003e bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\n\u003e https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev",
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