On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 01:01:43PM -0400, Gavin Andresen wrote: > > The very statement that we're willing to increase the blocksize as our > > solution to increased transaction volume rather go down the path of > > off-chain transactions is incredibly controversial. > > I really don't understand this either/or mentality.
You said it best yourself: 10:48 < gavinandresen> Luke-Jr: argument for another day, but I can almost guarantee that the blocksize limit will be raised in less than 2 years, just based on pressure from the big businesses using the chain (and no, NOT satoshidice) Decentralization offers big businesses nothing; they're a regulation target already by virtue of size alone. > OF COURSE we're going to raise the block size limit. Limiting the main > blockchain to single-digit transactions-per-second is not an option, > the vision FOREVER has been to scale it up. > > And OF COURSE there will be off-chain transactions-- at the very > least, we need them for "instantly confirmed" transactions. > > But lets table that whole discussion until 0.8.1 is out the door. > > -- > -- > Gavin Andresen > -- 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org
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