From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDAE6110F for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:34:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 00:09:06 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mx-out01.mykolab.com (mx01.mykolab.com [95.128.36.1]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A86AA15A for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:34:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at kolabnow.com X-Spam-Score: -2.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mx03.mykolab.com (mx03.mykolab.com [10.20.7.101]) by mx-out01.mykolab.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0455361601 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2016 18:25:23 +0100 (CET) From: Tom Zander To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:25:21 +0000 Message-ID: <1804222.7gVHPiWqto@kiwi> In-Reply-To: References: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:46:16 +0000 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP proposal: Increase block size limit to 2 megabytes X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:34:32 -0000 On Saturday, February 06, 2016 06:09:21 PM Jorge Tim=F3n via bitcoin-de= v wrote: > None of the reasons you list say anything about the fact that "being = lost" > (kicked out of the network) is a problem for those node's users. That's because its not. If you have a node that is "old" your node will stop getting new blocks= .=20 The node will essentially just say "x-hours behind" with "x" getting la= rger=20 every hour. Funds don't get confirmed. etc. After upgrading the software they will see the new reality of the netwo= rk. Nobody said its a problem, because its not. --=20 Tom Zander