📅 Original date posted:2017-01-02
📝 Original message:On Monday, 2 January 2017 14:32:24 CET t. khan wrote:
> Math should decide the max block size, not humans (miners in this
> case). The goal of Block75 is to manage the max block size without any
> human intervention.
If the input of your math is completely free and human created, how does it
follow that it was math that created it ?
Why do you want it math created anyway?
> A maximum block size is necessary to prevent a single nefarious miner from
> creating a ridiculously large block which would break the network.
A maximum is needed, yes. But does it have to be part of the protocol?
A simple policy which is set by node operators (reject block if greater than
X bytes) will solve this just fine, no?
--
Tom Zander
Blog: https://zander.github.io
Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel
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2023-06-07 19:55:15
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