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It was intended for the 1 MB block limit to be raised or removed in the future
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That depends on whose "intention" you are talking about.
From the very moment that Satoshi added the 1 mb block limit, there were probably people that wanted the limit increased or removed immediately. Satoshi and others were already, at that time, talking about raising it "in the future". But there were probably people that saw the limit when it was created and decided right then that they never wanted it to change. What was intended doesn't really matter. It took time for people to form opinions on what the long term effects of such a limit would be.
If you are looking for evidence though, here's someone wanting to change it to 7 MB in October of 2010:
We should be able to at least match Paypal's average transaction rate...
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+static const unsigned int TX_PER_MINUTE = 1400;
+static const unsigned int TX_AVG_SIZE_GUESS = 256;
+static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_SIZE =
+ TX_PER_MINUTE * TX_AVG_SIZE_GUESS * 10 * 2;
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And here's Satoshi saying that we could increase it "in the future":
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We can phase in a change later if we get closer to needing it.