# Gavin Andresen
# 2014-10-19 14:39:26
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=816298.msg9254595#msg9254595

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I am trying to get consensus. The process will look like: @p{par}

Get rough consensus. I need to write some code to find out what size blocks the current code can handle, but other than that I think we're close to rough consensus on the approach. @p{par}

Note: Getting consensus that we actually need to change something NOW will be harder; it will be much easier to get consensus after we hit the 1MB blocksize limit and transaction fees spike up. It would be lovely to avoid that panic/pain. @p{par}

Implement the change / Write a BIP (these happen at about the same time). @p{par}

Submit a pull request, after code is reviewed pull it into the reference implementation. @p{par}

... wait until there is a release containing the change... @p{par}

... wait until supermajority of miners have upgraded to the new release... @p{par}

Voila, the possibility of bigger blocks.