Hey all, long time lurker of this thread, since bitcointalk days. I've been following bitcoin since 2012. I really appreciate all the effort that is coalescing here. I'm sure many other lurkers do as well.
The blocksize debate has been much thornier than I would have anticipated a few years ago... I haven't done enough research or deep investigation to be able to strongly and intelligently articulate one way or another. However, my naive intuition at this point is that not raising the limit is clearly the wrong move.
The general thrust of the arguments in this thread resonates well with me. The small blockers strike me as overly fearful, afraid of letting Bitcoin grow up and flourish, before they give it all their unnecessary finishing touches and implement their pet projects (which I'm not sure they will finish or launch and gain actual users). I also don't see the type of vision, open-mindedness, and forward thinking from them that I sense when reading many of the posts here.
Undoubtedly, there are many details to be hashed out, and I do think getting regular users comfortable with the notion of owning an asset that has many different versions running around at different prices could be very tricky. Perhaps there were will always be one dominant version that very rarely has any major leadership/direction changes. It's hard to say.
I'm rambling now, but the main thing I wanted to say was I'm really glad this thread has developed to the point where there is a great collection of sharp and well-informed minds posting regularly, during this pivotal moment in Bitcoin's history. Thank you for your contributions.
I do have one question -- what would it take to get an actual hard fork launched and supported that implements an increase in the simplest way possible, as described by Satoshi, so that people are actually forced to decide?
Something like:
Code:
if (current_block_num > some_block_X_months_in_the_future) {
// new blocksize limit policy goes here
}
I'm sure it would need the backing of respected thought-leaders, as well as some large exchanges & miners. I think something like this happening in the next few months would be a huge move forward.
[doublepost=1450579936][/doublepost]Also.. this forum is quite nice! Props to the admin.
