[2016-03-08] What I Learned at the Satoshi Roundtable

[LiteCoinGuy]

What I Learned at the Satoshi Roundtable

The Satoshi Roundtable was a great opportunity for me to have a conversation with people and better understand their points of view. I did not come away from any of those conversations thinking that people were being irrational. It was quite the opposite actually. If people have strongly held views on these topics, the community deserves to hear them. But we must remain intellectually honest and not allow our points of view to be skewed by emotion. I was once an advocate of BIP101, but I’ve since come to believe it would have been a bad idea. I chose not to allow my advocacy of BIP101 to define me. By not conflating my identity with my advocacy of BIP101, I did not take offense when people criticized BIP101. It also made it easier to consider and ultimately accept the arguments against it.

https://medium.com/@spair/what-i-learne ... .3p0r0msn2

[arnoudk]

Too bad he does not specify the arguments against BIP101.

My guess is that he was concerned about the 8 GB per 10 minutes max block size after 20 or so years. But that is pure speculation.

He also does not provide a solution to the scaling issue. How does he want to inboard millions and millions of extra people?

I respect his opinion and want to understand it. Does anyone know if he ever explained this thought process in detail?

[John_Dave]

Great text, thank you! Very informative