[Bitcoin-development] Block Size Increase

[Justus Ranvier]

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On 05/07/2015 04:04 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> - This is a major change to the economics of a $3.2B system.  This
> change picks winners and losers.  There is attendant moral hazard.

This is exactly true.

There are a number of projects which aren't Bitcoin that benefit from
filling in the gap left by Bitcoin's restricted transaction rate
capability.

If Bitcoin fills that gap, Bitcoin wins and those other projects lose.

Should decisions about Bitcoin development take into account the
desires of competing projects?

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