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No, but if you're someone who wants to see Bitcoin succeed then you probably don't want to use a scaling solution which only works if you assume Bitcoin will ne

No, but if you're someone who wants to see Bitcoin succeed then you probably don't want to use a scaling solution which only works if you assume Bitcoin will never achieve mainstream adoption.

walls 9y ago
> you probably don't want to use a scaling solution which only works if you assume Bitcoin will never achieve mainstream adoption But, that's exactly what happened with segwit. Why is that worth doing but increasing the block size is not?
- Ajedi32 9y ago
  If I recall correctly, Segwit was a prerequisite to Lightning. A block size increase is not.
  - SuddsMcDuff 9y ago
    You recall incorrectly. A malleability fix was a prerequisite to Lightning. SegWit is just one of many possible malleability fixes.
    - Ajedi32 9y ago
      Were there any other serious proposals for fixing transaction malleability without Segwit?
- eklitzke 9y ago
  The main thing Segwit fixes is transaction malleability (which is necessary for Lightning).