Author: Mark Friedenbach 2015-07-29 00:46:20
Published on: 2015-07-29T00:46:20+00:00
The discussion is about the block size limit of Bitcoin and its relevance to decentralization. The author argues that the reason why the 1MB limit was imposed is not significant in addressing present engineering issues. However, Jean-Paul Kogelman mentions that the block size limit was initially put in place as an anti-DoS measure and not as an anti-spam measure. The purpose was to prevent monster blocks and it was never intended to have any economic impact on spam or future fee market. The email exchange took place on July 28, 2015, and was posted on the bitcoin-dev mailing list.
Updated on: 2023-06-10T04:05:25.071583+00:00