Re: What are the downsides to 8MB blocks?

8MB per 10 minutes is about 13.6 KB/s. What was the problem again?

Not that I think that simply increasing the block size limit to 8MB is a good solution (I'd rather see something more dynamic) but if 13.6 KB/s is actually a problem, maybe you should fix your internet, rather than debate over Bitcoin.

Miners cant wait 10 minutes to have their newly mined block trasfered to the next node.

But they can wait 1.25 minutes to have their newly mined block trasfered to the next node?

i think not, ideally the lower the better so if we assume few seconds of waiting you end already in x600(1 seconds of waiting) of 13.6 KB/s, which is around 8 MB/s and it is not small at all for many...