# Gavin Andresen
# 2013-11-05 00:38:50
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=324972.msg3484040#msg3484040

See: @p{brk}
  @s{(link)} @p{par}


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 @p{brk}
You can calculate the "orphan cost" of including an extra 1kilobyte of transactions in your block from that, which gives a floor on reasonable transaction fees. @p{par}

RE: can we decrease that delay:  sure, up to a point. But across-the-world network latency gives a physical limit. @p{brk}
See, for example: @p{brk}
  @s{(link)} @p{brk}