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Re:An analysis of Bitcoin's throughput bottlenecks by gruez on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:43PM (#27136059)
>use block compression tech like xthinner to make blocks essentially 1mb (like today), then the average fee needed is only $2.

Claiming that xthinner can reduce 100mb blocks down to 1mb is dishonest. It might reduce the network transfer down to 1mb (assuming you already the txes), but on-disk storage would stay the same.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25688004

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Re:An analysis of Bitcoin's throughput bottlenecks by CyberDildonics on Thursday May 13, 2021 @05:24PM (#27147665)
A single transaction costs more than the space to store the entire chain many times over.
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Re:An analysis of Bitcoin's throughput bottlenecks by dylkil on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:45AM (#27139908)
block propagation was the main reason for being opposed to a block size increase, storage costs were debunked time and time again as being irrelevant.
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