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I dont think anyone with such possibility would put it to vote. They would just do it because they can.

• plokiju 7y ago
  Bitcoin works by consensus though. Nobody can be in that position. the best you can do is make a fork. Those who don't agree with the rule change will keep mining with the old rules in place
• jbusma 7y ago
  You would essentially "vote" with which fork you were choosing to acknowledge with your own node, should you be running one. Also I'm fairly certain a majority of hashpower, not just users would need to be on board with the change. You could argue that as the primary beneficiaries of such a change (increase cap => increased distribution to miners) they would be for it, but I think most rational actors see the catch 22 of trying to profit by removing one of the core attributes that makes bitcoin valuable (it's scarcity)