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by CyberDildonics 3809 days ago
Many people have said the same thing. Right now a group of people has gone to a lot of trouble to control the main repository and forums. At the same time, many algorithms have been proposed. The most pressing problem at the moment is making sure there is room to grow, proving that a fork can happen, and getting the software out of the control of the people who have incentives that are opposing the vast majority of actual users. Once these problems are worked out more sophistication is much more likely.
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Ah, okay. So it's a matter of getting the ball rolling for now. And then XT-type changes may occur in the future?
I think that is likely although that is predicting the future territory. Fundamentally the block size limit is about consensus, which bitcoin is very good at. I personally think consensus about the block size limit should be amended constantly through each block mined. Some would agree and some would disagree.