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Mar 15, 2013 at 22:49 comment added David Schwartz @shanusmagnus: Not necessarily. A distributed storage scheme could be implemented completely independently.
Mar 15, 2013 at 22:37 comment added shanusmagnus I think maybe the OP has the same struggle that I do, which is understanding which problems (like the blockchain scaling problem) are already addressed in the current protocol, and which problems can potentially be addressed, but will require protocol modifications, and community action to 'bless' those protocol modifications. It sounds like you're saying this problem is one of the latter type?
Mar 15, 2013 at 22:30 comment added David Schwartz @shanusmagnus: It's awfully hard to predict the future. One change could be using a distributed storage scheme to store the block chain so that fewer copies are needed. It could mean a pruning/compression scheme. It could mean such a fundamental change to the Bitcoin protocol that prior blocks are no longer needed.
Mar 15, 2013 at 22:25 comment added shanusmagnus In your metaphor, what is the blockchain equivalent of 'turning the steering wheel'?
Jan 31, 2013 at 22:04 comment added David Schwartz And this is the same answer whenever someone talks about something being "unsustainable". Most of the time, they mean you can't go on forever in a straight line when you aren't going in a straight line anyway.
Jan 31, 2013 at 21:59 comment added Colin Dean Zen answer is best answer.
Jan 31, 2013 at 9:42 history answered David Schwartz CC BY-SA 3.0