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On 07/30/2015 10:12 PM, Jorge Timón via bitcoin-dev wrote: [snip] > But even if I'm the only one that considers a "technological > de-growth" possible, I don't think is wise to rely on pseudo-laws > like Moore's or Nielsen’s so-called "laws". Stealing a quote from > another thread: You raise a good point: "de-growth" Assuming linear (or exponential) growth without sympathetic contraction at some time in the future would make our future selves look back and smile at the youthful exuberance. The pseudo-laws you mention (Moore's etc) do not cater for contraction and, you're right, scaling UP plans should also wisely make provision for scaling DOWN, for when the need arises. > > So I would prefer a more limited solution like bip102 (even though > I would prefer to have some simulations leading to a concrete > value (even if it's bigger) rather than using 2MB's arbitrary > number. I just had a look your existing Size N testnet code https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6382 and i'll set up a node over the weekend and post its address in that PR's conversation. Do you or anyone else already have a node running? what blocksize? > > Those are my 3 cents. > > [1] > https://philohist.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/nietzsche-uses-history.pdf Thanks, > will broaden my horizon soon! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVulKBAAoJEGwAhlQc8H1mUSAH/Rmlek3uitGyIritwyDO4Kf7 BfynlztWmPbnWl7aFYQCS+aIPgS+BvQWIiA0dTI633yj071DWEvcGDzhtcVrk0KT //Ty8bp8yqsJRdd+SWgnqUzSmB6TI31F3ssxjDfSZhKiy8YF4+pKqjerQmBqlgLY sKts3md8N8qWV5Onjd7ea+7SoFjhJ6GOm2UFgxO27LCeDH5Ax5fG4MsolNg3MBTT 5y7Hfo1YeFXRwRRSy5uCSSR0afBb8Wauqi/EnSYDuMe5HBcLztc7icXa6oLTlvBC sfYswasmLRbvHLs4Vy51g75+k60QBjgFKtVlPXJXGN2trbcedF0UbDmenxGqJaI= =rJPX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
