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Re: sidechains discussion
by
justusranvier
on 05/01/2015, 17:13:07 UTC
It is the particular approach to sharding that makes it less secure, to reduce bandwidth.

I agree that sharding reduces security. I wouldn't propose sharding the blockchain as a scapability solution.[/quote]

That if your home computer had to do 2.25TB/day down to be a full node you might not be able to do it, which is a centralising factor.

You're saying that retaining the possibility for home computers to be full nodes is both necessary and desirable.

I understand that many people have made this claim over the years, but I am not aware of any attempts to actually prove either of those.

One of the problematic implicit assumptions I can identify in that claim is that if home users can't run nodes, the number of total nodes in the network would decrease.

Why would anyone assume that in a future Bitcoin economy that generated 100k tps of demand would not fewer business users running full nodes then than home users running full nodes today?