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I would argue though that the recently controversy is an illustration of "the arguments are so contentious because the stakes are so small". In all of the recen
by drcode 11y ago
I would argue though that the recently controversy is an illustration of "the arguments are so contentious because the stakes are so small". In all of the recent debates there have been smart people arguing that "leaving things as is" is an acceptable course of action.
In the past, when there was an objectively clear problem, the community always quickly rallied around a fix.
- TylerE 11y agoHow is being unable to scale past an essentially irrelevant (globally) # of transactions "small stakes"?
- drcode 11y agoWhether the block size is 1MB or 10MB in May of 2015 is "small stakes"... in May of 2018 (or whatever) the stakes might be larger. Also, there's alternative approaches (payment channels, lightning networks, etc) for handling smaller transactions that may prove viable in the near future. (To repeat: I'm not saying I'm against larger blocks, only that there's still smart people defending both sides of the argument at the moment, and that's why a stalemate has formed.)