Luke Dashjr on Nostr: 3) Increasing the block size has only limited/reduced access to run Bitcoin full ...
3) Increasing the block size has only limited/reduced access to run Bitcoin full nodes, not ensured it. Node counts have dropped drastically (50%!) since then, and it is clear in retrospect that the block size increase was a huge mistake.
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