# Gavin Andresen # 2011-03-27 19:39:31 # https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4981.msg73599#msg73599 @s{quotedtext} @s{quotedtext} @p{brk} Patches welcome. @p{par} But be aware that any patch that is vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks will be rejected, and I can't think of a way to automatically adjust the block size that wouldn't be vulnerable to some big, anti-social miner (think "jerk with a botnet") deciding it would be fun to artificially drive up transaction volume, drive up the block size, and create a few gigabytes of worthless blocks we all get to download forevermore. @p{par} When we get close to bumping into the block size limitation it will be @p{(it}easy@p{it)} to convince a majority of the network to upgrade@p{--} that's one problem that is obvious and easy to fix. @p{brk}