Book Club: The Blocksize War
Starts: July 09, 2024 06:30 PM EDT
Ends: July 09, 2024 08:30 PM
🗺️ Compass Coffee (Georgetown)
📍 1351 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Check out the Bitcoin District Book Club. Join us as we meet every month to dive into new and exciting rabbit holes through reading Bitcoin related books!
Bitcoin District’s very first Book Club is kicking off its first reading with The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier.
The Blocksize War, roughly between 2015 and 2017, was a heated debate within the Bitcoin community about the size limit of blocks on the blockchain.
Big Blockers argued for increasing the size to handle more transactions, lowering fees, and making Bitcoin more scalable for everyday use. Small Blockers favored keeping the limit small to prioritize security and decentralization. They worried large blocks would be too expensive for individual users to run a Bitcoin node, potentially centralizing the network.
The fight went beyond block size, sparking questions about who controls Bitcoin’s core protocol. It was a pivotal moment in Bitcoin’s history, and its effects are still felt today.
Getting There
- 🚇 Metro & Walk
- Foggy Bottom or Dupont Circle Metro + 20-30m walk
- 🚗 Street Parking
- Paid street parking should be available nearby
Be sure to check out the special Bitcoin Blend, an El Salvador single-origin roast from our host Compass Coffee. You can order from their website and you can even pay in Bitcoin!
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