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Re:Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st by lisper on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:46AM (#14770687)
Huh? That makes no sense at all.

I have no idea why Satoshi chose a 1MB limit. Probably for the same reason he chose a 21M BTC limit on the total number of bitcoins that can be mined: both are arbitrary numbers that he pulled out of a hat. But the next time I see him I'll be sure to ask.

Re:Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st by andirk on Saturday July 15, 2017 @06:38AM (#14776004)
probably more to it than a hat. She's more clever than that