No, I do indeed mean that you can't have both big and small blocks.
though i think you should really do some research on the matter, you can have small blocks and big blocks
for instance. segwit has (though they hid it with their new "serialised" and "weight" buzzwords) do have both small and big blocks
for legacy transactions. they are limited to 1mb of blockspace. but segwit transactions have upto 4mb of blockspace..
Incorrect. While SegWit transactions are "weighted" differently than legacy transactions, the overall effective maximum filesize is 4MB. If most transactions are legacy transactions, the maximum blocksize is more towards 1MB. If most transactions are SegWit transactions, the maximum blocksize is more towards 4MB. It's still the same block though. For all intends and purposes, SegWit was a blocksize increase and that is effectively an increase to up to 4MB. No such thing as a differentiation between small legacy or large SegWit blocks.
but the funny part was about the politics. that no 'other team' ever proposed "gigabyte blocks" which was the fear campaign of core members.
the compromise was where legacy AND segwit could sit side by side with 2-4mb blocks.. something that the network could handle (even core admitted 8mb was deemed safe and prudent)
Legacy and SegWit transactions
are sitting side by side resulting in 1MB
- 4MB blocks.i edited the part where your understanding has a grey area that you seem to not have researched enough
if you imagine a block as 40 lines on a lined piece of paper (each line being 100kb)
legacy tx's can only sit in the first 10 lines of a piece of paper.. never able to sit in the other 30
thus the 10 line (1mb) restraint still exists
segwit transactions cannot put their entire transaction in the remaining 30 lines
segwit HAVE TO put the first half of its tx in the same first 10 lines of space that legacy tx's sit.. just to be able to gain access to the other 30 lines
thus the 10 line (1mb) restraint still exists
yes segwit are also affected by the 1mb limit..
its only the witness that gets to use the other 30 lines of a page/(3mb of a block), not the entire segwit tx
PLEASE DO RESEARCH - it will really help you out
in short. segwit "could" use upto 4mb of data. but that does not mean bitcoin gets 4x the amount of transactions
so please do some research as to why segwits 4mb is not the same as 4mb legacy blocks.. i think it will surprise you