Re: [Bitcoin-development] Why do we need a MAX_BLOCK_SIZE at all?

2015-06-01 Thread Jim Phillips
> > 1. To Maintaining Consensus > There has to be clearly defined rules about which blocks are valid and > which are not for the network to agree. Obviously no node will accept a > block that is 10 million terabytes, it would be near impossible to download > even if it were valid. So where do you

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Why do we need a MAX_BLOCK_SIZE at all?

2015-06-01 Thread Stephen Morse
This exact question came up on the Bitcoin Stack Exchange once. I gave an answer here: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/37292/whats-the-purpose-of-a-maximum-block-size/37303#37303 On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Jim Phillips wrote: > Ok, I understand at least some of the reason that bl