<div dir="auto"><div>I didn't say typical, I said every. Currently a raspberry pi on shitty adsl can run a full node. What's wrong with needing a high end pc and good connectivity to run a full node? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">People that want to, can. People that don't want to, won't, no matter how low spec the machine you need. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If nobody uses bitcoin, all the security in the world provides no value. The value of bitcoin is provided by people using bitcoin, and people will only use bitcoin if it provides value to them. Security is one aspect only. And the failure to understand that is what has led to the block size debate. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rodney <br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 Apr 2017 10:12, "Eric Voskuil" <<a href="mailto:eric@voskuil.org" target="_blank">eric@voskuil.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_-1802475358001652921quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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On 03/31/2017 02:23 PM, Rodney Morris via bitcoin-dev wrote:<br>
> If the obsession with every personal computer being able to run a<br>
> fill node continues then bitcoin will be consigned to the dustbin<br>
> of history,<br>
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</div>The cause of the block size debate is the failure to understand the<br>
Bitcoin security model. This failure is perfectly exemplified by the<br>
above statement. If a typical personal computer cannot run a node<br>
there is no security.<br>
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