From: Tom Zander <tomz@freedommail.ch>
To: Cserveny Tamas <cserveny.tamas+bc@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Horizontal scaling of blockchain
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 23:13:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3416963.LpSpYe5DLS@strawberry> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACY+MSOPWhTnR-ZR67T1a5ZU2w4pWa6FkXsGF3_C+n3gKFCPSA@mail.gmail.com>
On Friday, 1 September 2017 20:15:53 CEST Cserveny Tamas wrote:
> The usage growth seems to be more of exponential rather than linear.
> Sooner or later the block size will need to be 4 mb then 40 mb, then what
> is the real limit? Otherwise waiting times and thus the fees will just
> grow rapidly. I don't think that it is desirable.
The real limit is set by the technology. Just like in 1990 we could not
fathom having something like YouTube and high-res video streaming (Netflix),
the limits of what is possible continually shifts.
This is basically how any successful product has ever grown, I think that it
is not just desirable, it is inevitable.
--
Tom Zander
Blog: https://zander.github.io
Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-02 21:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-01 12:47 [bitcoin-dev] Horizontal scaling of blockchain Cserveny Tamas
2017-09-01 13:12 ` Tom Zander
2017-09-01 17:15 ` Lucas Clemente Vella
2017-09-01 17:24 ` Thomas Guyot-Sionnest
2017-09-01 18:15 ` Cserveny Tamas
2017-09-01 19:40 ` Thomas Guyot-Sionnest
2017-09-02 21:13 ` Tom Zander [this message]
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