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For more context, here's a list of posts by Mike giving some background and some more thoughts: The capacity cliff: https://medium.com/@octskyward/the-capacity

by lawn 11y ago

For more context, here's a list of posts by Mike giving some background and some more thoughts: The capacity cliff: https://medium.com/@octskyward/the-capacity-cliff-586d1bf7715e https://medium.com/@octskyward/the-capacity-cliff-586d1bf771... Crash landing: https://medium.com/@octskyward/crash-landing-f5cc19908e32 https://medium.com/@octskyward/crash-landing-f5cc19908e32 On consensus and forks: https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-consensus-and-forks-c6a050c792e7 https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-consensus-and-forks-c6a050... They were quite useful for someone not familiar with the topic.

Taek 11y ago
Let's balance the discussion out a bit: Greg Maxwell's thoughts (small blocks): http://sourceforge.net/p/bitcoin/mailman/message/34090559/ http://sourceforge.net/p/bitcoin/mailman/message/34090559/ About internet bandwidth growth (~neutral): http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=493 http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=493 An attempt at a well-rounded overview (~neutral): http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=535 http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=535 some thoughts by bittorrent creator Bram Cohen (small blocks): https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a85e39f https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a... Some thoughts by gavin andresen (large blocks): http://gavinandresen.ninja/ http://gavinandresen.ninja/
- bhouston 11y ago
  Sort of interesting that Mr. BitTorrent is involved: > some thoughts by bittorrent creator Bram Cohen (small blocks): https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a85e39f https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a... I give him a fair bit of credit and he really portrays this quite differently than in the main article here. Has anyone responded to Bram Cohen's writeup on the pro side of things?
- lawn 11y ago
  Thank you! I was sorely missing the other side of the discussion.

by lawn 11y ago

Taek 11y ago

Let's balance the discussion out a bit: Greg Maxwell's thoughts (small blocks): http://sourceforge.net/p/bitcoin/mailman/message/34090559/ http://sourceforge.net/p/bitcoin/mailman/message/34090559/ About internet bandwidth growth (~neutral): http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=493 http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=493 An attempt at a well-rounded overview (~neutral): http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=535 http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=535 some thoughts by bittorrent creator Bram Cohen (small blocks): https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a85e39f https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a... Some thoughts by gavin andresen (large blocks): http://gavinandresen.ninja/ http://gavinandresen.ninja/

bhouston 11y ago
Sort of interesting that Mr. BitTorrent is involved: > some thoughts by bittorrent creator Bram Cohen (small blocks): https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a85e39f https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a... I give him a fair bit of credit and he really portrays this quite differently than in the main article here. Has anyone responded to Bram Cohen's writeup on the pro side of things?
lawn 11y ago
Thank you! I was sorely missing the other side of the discussion.