Why the block size can't be adjusted automatically like the difficulty? #6325
issue ghost opened this issue on June 23, 2015-
ghost commented at 2:23 PM on June 23, 2015: none
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penguin1333 commented at 5:51 PM on June 23, 2015: none
You technically can. But I highly doubt anybody will merge that if you make a pull request.
Unless we're talking about a fork :P
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jgarzik commented at 5:53 PM on June 23, 2015: contributor
- Today, the block size may be adjusted dynamically down from 1MB by any miner.
- There are several proposals to dynamically adjust block size. Almost all of these require an all-network upgrade ("hard fork").
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penguin1333 commented at 5:58 PM on June 23, 2015: none
@jgarzik Are you saying it can't be dynamically changed? Or am I reading that wrong.
I'm pretty sure it is possible. Maybe some hard coding, but I know it has to be possible somehow.
If I am wrong, which I do not believe I am, please address it. I'm still in my learning process currently.
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jgarzik commented at 6:01 PM on June 23, 2015: contributor
@prestotron This is not the place to teach you bitcoin :)
Miners may choose any block size -- within the limit of 1MB. It cannot be adjusted dynamically beyond that.
- jgarzik closed this on Jun 23, 2015
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penguin1333 commented at 6:06 PM on June 23, 2015: none
@jgarzik I know, I didn't ask for you to teach me. I just mean, if I say something incorrect, please address it.
But I was sort of correct, I know you couldn't go passed the 1MB limit, but it is still kinda dynamic.
Thanks anyways :)
- unknown renamed this:
Why the block size can't be adjusted dynamically like the difficulty?
Why the block size can't be adjusted automatically like the difficulty?
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