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Bitcoin Block Size News

All transactions made with Bitcoin are recorded into a blockchain block, the size of which is 1 MB. Initially, there was no limit, but as Bitcoin’s technology spread into the public, there were a number of hacking attacks in 2010 and containing the storage size of a block was something that could help make blocks more sustainable and protected from them. When making transactions with a small amount of data, such as in case of creating a new block, users didn’t even notice the limit. Nevertheless, as a number of miners, sellers and buyers increases every day, problems due to the size of the blockchain are becoming more evident. Nowadays, some are considering expanding the Bitcoin block size. However, it will take miners much more time to create a new block and amending the code is a complex process, so such an improvement might take a lot of time and money.
Bitcoin never had a clear future, but it looks even cloudier in the midst of the unpleasant, yet weirdly magnetic, blocksize debate.
Gavin Andresen: ‘Nobody Wants to be the High Priest of Bitcoin’
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2015-09-06T13:23:22+01:00
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The battle rages on within the Bitcoin community on how to move forward with potential hard fork changes designed to accommodate larger block sizes.
Bitcoin Block Battle: Top Corporations Support BIP 101 as Debate Rages On
Evander Smart
2015-08-29T17:18:00+01:00
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Cointelegraph caught up with independent journalist and podcast host David Seaman to talk about the Bitcoin blocksize debate, BitLicense exodus, altcoins and ga...
David Seaman: ‘Stop Competing and Just Make Everything Interoperable’
Allen Scott
2015-08-23T12:27:00+01:00
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The demands of the Bitcoin core developer faction for a hard fork to Bitcoin XT have resurfaced.
Satoshi Nakamoto Speaks? Bitcoin XT Fork Debate Allegedly Draws Ire of Bitcoin Creator
Evander Smart
2015-08-17T15:23:00+01:00
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Cryptographer and digital currency researcher Nick Szabo, who many believe to be the real identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto, has stated that a rapid block size i...
Nick Szabo: Block Size Increase a ‘Huge Security Risk’
Joseph Young
2015-08-17T12:00:28+01:00
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Two weeks ago Ethereum launched Frontier, the first live release of the network. And Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin joined the latest Epicenter Bitcoin podcas...
Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Talks Cryptocurrency Governance
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2015-08-17T08:31:00+01:00
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“The system needs more analysis” might be Dave Hudson's motto as far as Bitcoin mining is concerned. It's not a surprising opinion for an engineer.
Mining's Uncertain Future: Dave Hudson Talks Blocksize, Transaction Fees & Decentralization
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2015-08-10T17:17:26+01:00
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This week, bitcoin Jesus Roger Ver weighed in on the block size debate stating that the block size limit should be increased if it is technologically achievable...
Roger Ver: ‘Let’s Raise the Block Size Limit’
Joseph Young
2015-08-07T17:47:07+01:00
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