# Gavin Andresen
# 2014-10-14 22:07:23
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=815712.msg9203315#msg9203315

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 @p{brk}
Because network bandwidth, CPU, main memory, and disk storage (the potential bottlenecks) are all growing exponentially right now, and are projected to continue growing exponentially for the next couple decades. @p{par}

Why would we choose linear growth when the trend is exponential growth? @p{par}

Unless you think we should artificially limit Bitcoin itself to linear growth for some reason. Exponential growth in number of users and usage is what we want, yes? @p{brk}