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LeoPanthera on Aug 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Announcing Blockstream Satellite

Is this why Blockstream doesn't want large blocks? Presumably it would cost them more to broadcast larger blocks.

discombobulate on Aug 16, 2017 [–]

Maybe a worthwhile trade-off for > decentralisation.

LeoPanthera on Aug 16, 2017 | [–]

It's hard to imagine anything more centralized than a satellite broadcasting service owned by a single company.

discombobulate on Aug 16, 2017 | | [–]

What about if another started up?

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