Quote from: franky1 on December 19, 2018, 12:11:31 AM

as for that block

Quote from: Vigme86 on December 18, 2018, 10:41:59 PM

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/00000000000000000021868c2cefc52a480d173c849412fe81c4e5ab806f94ab

2.2mb ... but only 230 transactions included..
that there is known as a bloated block as its wasting alot of tx count on heavy transactions..

a very worse case scenario is where a block can be bloated with just 5tx... yep
if you cared about bitcoin utility on the bitcoin network. i/you should not be proud of a block using 2.2mb for just 230 or 5tx.. thats the opposite of scaling bitcoin for better utility.

what you should be seeking is a case where the old notion of bitcoin allowing upto 7tx/s (4200tx a block) having on average more than 4200tx.. that then would be a time to celebrate a step forward in bitcoin utility..
or more long term more than 600k tx a day threshold being passed.

no one should be proud of a 2.2mb block of only 230tx

so what are you trying to suggest here?

the number of transactions in that block is 230 because people (services) have been batching transactions and reusing addresses which has led to creating bigger transactions hence taking up bigger space in a block hence a block being able to contain lesser number of them.

this has been the case from day 1 and will be with or without SegWit or even with having a hard fork to a block size 2 MB.