On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 9:46 AM, xor via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Hey folks, > > so you've been stressed with arguing about what to do with the block size > for > months now :( > > Why not realize that the unfruitful permanent need for administrators to > tweak > a magical, god-given (= Satoshi-given) constant is a *strong* indicator for > something which should be delegated to a self-adjusting system instead? > > new_max_blocksize = some_averaging_function(previous_block_sizes); > Not necessarily some_averaging_function. Could also be something that depends on how much work has been put in, i.e. make the miners do more computational work if they want to add bigger blocks into the chain, and the chain doesn't have to be the original chain, it could be a sidechain or block extension, so as to not force people to upgrade. > end_of_flamewar(); > continue_with_REAL_development(); > > Systems which do not require any human intervention are always more > beautiful, > and especially when trying to design a decentralized P2P network :) > > > Greetings, > xor, a developer working for the Freenet anonymous P2P network > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > > -- PGP: B6AC 822C 451D 6304 6A28 49E9 7DB7 011C D53B 5647
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