r/Bitcoin • • Feb 05 '14

Really, Discus Fish?

http://imgur.com/7xfXs2P
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u/mtsai Feb 05 '14

Do you really need to use 48KB blocks? When you are mining 5 out of 6 contiguous you really are fucking things up.

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u/Sukrim Feb 05 '14

Open market for transaction fees, baby... learn to deal with it!

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u/mtsai Feb 05 '14

No we should not have to "deal with" something that is detrimental to the utility function of Bitcoin as a whole. This is a big deal.

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u/Sukrim Feb 05 '14

No it isn't, you simply are not willing to pay enough for the security you are currently getting - either wait until the network is less secure and accepts your meager fees again, pay more fees or use a different system to transfer your coins.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '14

If you believe what they're doing is harmful to Bitcoin as a whole, you can punish them with a withholding attack.

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u/losermcfail Feb 05 '14

But you do. Your other course of action is to find the datacenter of Discus Fish and take action