<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>npub1m230cem2yh3mtdzkg32qhj73uytgkyg5ylxsu083n3tpjnajxx4qqa2np2</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1m230cem2yh3mtdzkg32qhj73uytgkyg5ylxsu083n3tpjnajxx4qqa2np2</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>📅 Original date posted:2015-05-07&#xA;📝 Original message:On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 10:52:54AM -0400, Gavin Andresen wrote:&#xA;&gt; I AM considering contributing some version of the bigger blocksize-limit&#xA;&gt; hard-fork patch to the Bitcoin-Xt fork (probably  &#34;target a hobbyist with a&#xA;&gt; fast Internet connection, and assume Nelson&#39;s law to increase over time),&#xA;&gt; and then encouraging merchants and exchanges and web wallets and&#xA;&gt; individuals who think it strikes a reasonable balance to run it.&#xA;&gt; &#xA;&gt; And then, assuming it became a super-majority of nodes on the network,&#xA;&gt; encourage miners to roll out a soft-fork to start producing bigger blocks&#xA;&gt; and eventually trigger the hard fork.&#xA;&#xA;Would you please explain what you mean by &#34;a soft-fork to start&#xA;producing bigger blocks&#34;&#xA;&#xA;-- &#xA;&#39;peter&#39;[:-1]@petertodd.org&#xA;00000000000000000d49f263bbbb80f264abc7cc930fc9cbc7ba80ac068d9648&#xA;-------------- next part --------------&#xA;A non-text attachment was scrubbed...&#xA;Name: signature.asc&#xA;Type: application/pgp-signature&#xA;Size: 650 bytes&#xA;Desc: Digital signature&#xA;URL: &lt;http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20150507/2223f818/attachment.sig&gt;</html></oembed>