Luckily there are two main proposed solutions: Bitcoin Unlimited, which aims to get rid of the block size limit altogether, and Segregated Witness (SegWit), which wants to slightly
increase the block size while also moving some non-essential data out of the transaction and off the blockchain.
From a technical standpoint in regards to Segwit2x, one group again wants to
increase block size while the other is very much against this move.
Not exact matches
While miners have signaled their intention to
increase the
block size limit in November, the most popular distribution of Bitcoin software, Bitcoin Core, has decided they will not adopt Segwit2x.
While Abra has shown public support for the SegWit upgrade to Bitcoin as well as the currently pending SegWit2X plan to implement both SegWit along with a base
block size increase to 2 MB, we will ultimately support the Bitcoin blockchain representing the longest chain with the most historical hashing power and difficulty associated with it.
For example, blue power - ups can
increase the width of the paddle or add extra points to your score,
while red items can make the entire
block of bricks start descending down the screen, reduce paddle
size, or end the level.
Todd suggested the community pursue a small
block size increase,
while voicing his belief that payment channels enabled by the Lightning network should also be deployed.
The most notable difference between Bitcoin Core and its recently launched competitor Bitcoin Classic is that the former plans to roll out Segregated Witness through a soft fork,
while the latter wants to deploy a
block -
size increase through a hard fork, meaning all full nodes on the network need to switch.
During the August 1 fork, BCH supporters created a separate blockchain ledger
while increasing the
block size to 8 MB.
Meanwhile,
while these proposals were being put forward and tested, a group of major Bitcoin miners who previously supported the SegWit2x proposal decided that deploying SegWit without
increasing the
block size would not be sustainable, as it would simply delay the scaling issue due to the
size limit.
At most, SegWit is a short - term supposed solution that will not create the velocity of use needed to drive up the market price of bitcoin to its highest potential,
while SegWit2x will only modestly
increase the
block size to 2 MB.
This month, Microsoft threw its weight behind the project, pledging support for it as an off - chain Bitcoin scaling solution
while pouring cold water over on - chain solutions such as
block size increases.
While Bhardwaj claims
increasing the
block size limit via a hard fork is not a complex alteration in terms of code changes, the controversial aspect of such a change is that it requires a hard fork (and thus all users moving over to a new network), which can be difficult to coordinate — unless the proposed change is itself uncontroversial.
Following the release of the Segregated Witness white paper, proposed solutions to the scalability problem were effectively flattened into two groups: those who wanted an
increase in
block size (with a further debate over what the ideal
size was), and those who wanted to maintain
block size while improving efficiency in other areas.
On one side we have the we have the Bitcoin Unlimited, which is pressing for a hard fork of the blockchain to
increase the current 1 MB
block size for a more robust bitcoin environment,
while the other camp — aka Bitcoin Core — continues to insist that the blockchain's original design must remain in its current form.
Some want to scale bitcoin by
increasing the
block size limit,
while others prefer to prioritize off - chain solutions.
Where Bcash attempted to offer an on - chain scaling solution by
increasing Bitcoin's
block size limit (
while removing the Segregated Witness code), Bgold is an attempt to counter Bitcoin's mining centralization.
However, both coins followed different paths, Segwit, on the one hand, was seeking to reduce transaction
size,
while bitcoin cash on the other, aimed at
increasing the
block size.
The main and only notable difference between bitcoin and bitcoin cash as noted by users of both blockchain technologies, is that bitcoin's
block size remains at one megabyte allowing for around 250,000 transactions in a day
while bitcoin cash
increased its
block size limit to eight megabytes allowing for the processing of close to two million transactions in a day.
Firstly,
while company leadership had initially been on the side of those who wanted to
increase the bitcoin
block size, Coinbase didn't support the asset from the outset, angering plenty of bitcoin holders on the platform, who were to receive an equivalent amount of bitcoin cash.
While Segwit aimed at compressing the amount of data in every transaction, hence freeing
block up the distance, bitcoin cash
increased the
size of each
block to a maximum of 8 megabytes.
As of December 2017, Bitcoin's blockchain is 140 GB,
while Bitcoin Cash's blockchain is 155 GB, reflecting the
increase in
block size that occurred in November when Bitcoin Cash was created.
Dash is anonymous
while Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash have an
increased block size.
An
increase in the
block size limit via a hard fork would also create an
increase in the supply of
block space, and thus lower the cost of on - chain transactions overall, but it's unclear how large
blocks can become
while retaining a sufficient level of decentralization and censorship resistance.
Although Bitcoin Core's «Segwit» upgrade will provide up to four times the
increase in transaction capacity
while maintaining a 1mb
block size limit.
He clarified that the project aims to
increase the maximum
block size limit to 2 Mb,
while in fact helping to decrease the actual and average
block size.
While the developers
increased the
block size, they did not benefit monetarily from the creation of Bitcoin Cash.
As an oversimplification of the current debate: Some would like to see an
increase in
block size which would enable more on - chain transactions per second; others would like to see the
block size limit remain low in an effort to limit the cost of operating a full node
while moving some types of payments above the base Bitcoin protocol to secondary layers such as the Lightning Network and sidechains.
While many continue to argue about the merits of hard forks versus small forks, the first significant
increase in
block size in quite some time is nearly ready to launch.
However,
while SegWit was enacted, the
block size increase, formally coded in BTC1, was officially called off not weeks before it was supposed to go live amid significant pushback and criticism from developers.
Where Bcash attempted to offer an on - chain scaling solution by
increasing Bitcoins
block size limit
while removing the Segregated Witness code, Bgold is an attempt to counter Bitcoins mining centralization.The most important difference between
The debate on whether to
increase the
block size or not has been going on for a
while in the Bitcoin community.
Fenton had said he did not «see the benefit» of the scheme,
while Lopp suggested its goal was to «coerce [Bitcoin] Core to adopt [a]
block size increase.»
One faction of the community wants to
increase Bitcoin's
block size to shorten transaction times,
while another is opposed.
Where Bcash attempted to offer an on - chain scaling solution by
increasing Bitcoin's
block size limit (
while removing the