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I downvoted you because even though you took the time to write a detailed reply, you seem grossly misinformed. As others have indicated, increasing the block s

I downvoted you because even though you took the time to write a detailed reply, you seem grossly misinformed. As others have indicated, increasing the block size was not agreed to by the core devs. It would create even more wasted space and thus further increase centralization. The core devs are not committed to minimal changes to the original design, but they are committed to decentralization.

kanzure 9y ago
The problem with bitcoin is that things can get so confusing :-) > As others have indicated, increasing the block size was not agreed to by the core devs In fact, segwit is a capacity increase: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6i5sx1/a_reminder_why_segwit_is_an_actual_blocksize/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6i5sx1/a_reminder_...
oelmekki 9y ago
Thanks for letting me know. I tried to backtrace where I got that (core devs involvement) from, but it turns out the New York Agreement did indeed not include core devs: https://medium.com/@DCGco/bitcoin-scaling-agreement-at-consensus-2017-133521fe9a77 https://medium.com/@DCGco/bitcoin-scaling-agreement-at-conse... I'm pretty sure I read about it like it was a consensus, but I can't find it again. Or maybe I just didn't understand it at the time. So if trust is broken, it's only between members of that group, and it does not involve devs. Sorry, I can't edit my initial comment anymore (plus, replies would not make sense anymore if I edited it).