> On Jul 30, 2015, at 4:21 AM, Eric Lombrozo wrote: > > and a number of the people most intimately familiar with the inner workings > of the system (some of whom are in this thread) think that given what we now > today about the Bitcoin network, increasing block size externalizes costs in > dangerous ways. Remember that total cost includes not just equipment costs > but also things like block propagation latency and specifically identified > security risks. Some of these security risks were only appreciated relatively > recently and were completely unknown in 2009.
I would like (and have been asking) those people to take the time to quantify those costs and write up those risks in a careful way. I believe the costs and risks of 8MB blocks are minimal, and that the benefits of supporting more transaction FAR outweigh those costs and risks, but it is hard to have a rational conversation about that when even simple questions like 'what is s reasonable cost to run a full node' are met with silence. _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
