Under this scenario, the bitcoin blockchain could theoretically support a separate blockchain that would have different features, such as say, an 8
MB block limit as proposed by those in the community who favor more aggressive scaling tactics.
Today, Mike Hearn has committed to providing as software fork which is the Bitcoin core code PLUS a single change set to deliver the
larger block limit in a planned and least impact approach.
They believe that the Bitcoin Cash chain reflects this vision better than the original bitcoin chain (because Bitcoin Cash has a larger initial default block size of 8 MB, compared to the artificial 1 MB
block limit on the original bitcoin chain, and has plans to lift the block size even further with appropriate testing).
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Many of the «Big Blockers» in the Bitcoin community decided to move their BTC holdings into BCH as they viewed that the
8mb block limit would provide them all the space they needed for the coming transactions.
As Bitcoin was growing, the 1
MB block limit was acting as a bottleneck with high fees and slow transactions.
User group Bitcoin Unlimited believes in raising
the block limit.
Another issue is
the block limit.
This is the reason why I've previously written that the trade - offs from increasing
the block limit as implemented by bitcoin cash and proposed by Segwit2x are not advantageous.
While Bitcoin scaling proponents aren't all opposed to Segregated Witness (SegWit) or Lightning Networks, he said, they are against a permanent 1 MB
block limit — which appears to be Core developers» long - term vision.
While Decentralists acknowledge that smaller
blocks limit the number of transactions that can be processed on Bitcoin's blockchain, they typically envision a future where bitcoin — the currency — is transacted over added layers, such as the Lightning Network, treechains and more.
For that matter,
the block limit isn't based on the number of bytes at all, but rather a different parameter known as Block Weight.
Roger spent the rest of his talk throwing dirt at small - blockers (the people behind the original Bitcoin chain which kept
the block limit small), but didn't give concrete arguments — something that bothered Vitalik, him being technical and highly mathematical.
Although this method doesn't increase the network's
block limit it does speed up the transactions.
However, I think that his reaction to the, I am sure, many difficulties surrounding the promotion of the 8 MB
block limit was a bit immature and will cost him much credibility.