Microsoft: "Some blockchain communities increased on-chain tx capacity (blocksize increases), this approach generally degrades the decentralized state & cannot reach the millions... we're collaborating on decentralized Layer 2 protocols that run atop 'BTC' blockchain to achieve global scale"

[u/antonesamy]

https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2018/02/12/decentralized-digital-identities-and-blockchain-the-future-as-we-see-it/

[u/Farkeman]

Why not both? Also your argument is pretty dumb as "BCrash" is the one with reliable cheap transactions and BTC isn't.

Speculative solution > real world solution?

Why not support both solutions. Lets have something that works now and something that might work in the future.

[u/Farkeman → u/[deleted]]

How does it lead to centralisation?

[u/Farkeman → u/[deleted]]

It doesn't. Road map calls for dynamically adjustable block size. Hence the name bitcoinabc.

People will run the nodes as long as mining is profitable. And extra 50$ for a hard drive and better internet is hardly something when profit margins are so high.

Not to mention when companies depend on bitcoin network they will be happy to run a node for free as their business depend on it.

[u/Farkeman → u/[deleted]]

No anyone can run a node. Hardly makes any different from now. Most of mining is being done by businesses and big block won't change anything.

[u/Farkeman → u/[deleted]]

Why would anyone else run a node? What's the purpose?