Bitcoin Cash Upgrade History

The limit was originally Hal Finney’s idea. Both Satoshi and I objected that it wouldn’t scale at 1MB. Hal was concerned about a potential DoS attack though, and after discussion, Satoshi agreed... But all 3 of us agreed that 1MB had to be temporary because it would never scale. Ray Dillinger The plan from the begining was to support huge blocks. The 1MB hard limit was always a temporary denial-of-service prevention measure. Gavin Andresen It can be phased in, like: if (blocknumber > 115000) maxblocksize = largerlimit Satoshi Nakamoto

The limit was originally Hal Finney’s idea. Both Satoshi and I objected that it wouldn’t scale at 1MB. Hal was concerned about a potential DoS attack though, and after discussion, Satoshi agreed... But all 3 of us agreed that 1MB had to be temporary because it would never scale.

The plan from the begining was to support huge blocks. The 1MB hard limit was always a temporary denial-of-service prevention measure.

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