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Re:BitPay Will Process Payments on Multiple Blockchains, Sta... by pmorici on Saturday December 16, 2017 @03:44AM (#15938531)
It currently costs less to run a node per month than it does to do three transactions on the blockchain in the same period. Why would anyone care to run a node if the transactions aren't affordable.
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Re:BitPay Will Process Payments on Multiple Blockchains, Sta... by Frogolocalypse on Saturday December 16, 2017 @04:12AM (#15938608)
If the blocksize was increased to double its current resource requirements, where i live in Australia, it would be impossible to run a node at any price.

And because the people who run nodes know this, they reject your proposals that reduce bitcoin network security.

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Re:BitPay Will Process Payments on Multiple Blockchains, Sta... by pmorici on Saturday December 16, 2017 @04:28AM (#15938657)
You don't need to run a node unless you are a miner you should be using an SPV wallet. Chances are you already do.
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