The Fork on Monday night was not the result of a bug. It was Greed.
Its a serious issue. One that can not be fixed by cramming more transactions into each block. Every time we make Blocks bigger fees get lower. In the long run many many years
from today When block rewards are virtually nonexistent we will need those fees to pay the miners.
How long before some one spins off a clone of SatosihiDice? Their will me others. The block chain spam or SD spam as many call it will just grow.
The Block chain is growing to fast. And the actions of major pools in the last week have been abhorrent. It is not your Right to just pull numbers out of your ass and decree the size of the block header.
Shame on you all.
Um, pretty sure that making the blocks bigger just allows for more room to fit transactions allowing you to collect MORE fees. As long as more operators only accept transactions with a minimum fee, then we all win. I always include a fee with my tx either .01 or .005
Multiply those by 10000+ tx and you will see what you could be missing in a few years when the network really takes off. We are really just in out infancy.
Also even if you adjust the minimum fee somehow to account for the rise in bitcoin price, you will still be winning because more people will likely pay it and you will collect more.