<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Jorge Timón <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target="_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Gavin, I interpret the absence of response to these questions as a<br>
sign that everybody agrees that there's no other reason to increase<br>
the consensus block size other than to avoid minimum market fees from<br>
rising (above zero).<br>
Feel free to correct that notion at any time by answering the<br>
questions yourself.<br>
In fact if any other "big block size advocate" thinks there's more<br>
reason I would like to hear their reasons too.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Additionally, correct me if I am wrong, but the net effect from preventing fees rising from zero would be to guarantee miners have no alternative income from fees as block subsidy dries up and thus harm the incentives to secure the chain.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>