It's not just storage; there is bandwidth, cpu, and RAM to take into consideration.
We oppose this fork primarily because we see bitcoin as a challenge to bad money and bad governments. We don't see bitcoin as a fancier way to do the same old things. As it runs now,
bitcoin is exactly what we want. As it runs now, bitcoin is sound money that governments cannot control. Yes, that means the poor will not have easy access. No, that's not a problem;
nice things are not for the poor. Nice things have a cost, and poor people can't pay by the very definition of them being poor.
They don't have to all be poor though! Being a billionaire has never been so cheap as it is today! 10 bitcoin is 1 billion satoshi (the true unit of account recorded in blocks). That's like 3k USD right now.
No, I'm not wrong.
Mainly because anything that comes from M.P. should be considered invalid.@Bold: Who in the name of all that is, told you that what you guys want matters? What made you think that you can decide?
I'd rather trust Gavin than someone who sees bitcoin, as another system for a elite group.
Before anyone else screams it, the issue seems to be bandwidth, not storage. I still think you can easily acquire more bandwidth, though.
Although that is true, one can't really expect people that haven't updated their systems in ages (or have very bad internet) to use Bitcoin. Their systems probably have many flaws, it would not be smart to run Bitcoin, security- wise.