# Gavin Andresen
# 2013-02-20 19:38:16
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=144895.msg1543402#msg1543402

RE: particular ideas if "we" decide the blocksize has to be increased: @p{par}

I think the first step is to come to rough consensus that, at some point, we WILL need a hardfork to increase the block size limit. @p{par}

If we can come to rough consensus on that, then we can figure out the safest way to accomplish that. @p{par}

I don't think we'll get consensus; retep and others will argue "we need to run into the hard limit to FORCE alternatives to be created first." @p{par}

I keep saying we should see what happens as we run into the soft blocksize limits.  To people on both sides of this debate:  what do you predict will happen? @p{par}

If what you predict will happen doesn't actually happen, will that make you re-evaluate your position? @p{par}

(I haven't spent enough time thinking about this problem to answer those questions, but that is how I'm going to think about it).