# Is it time to increase the blocksize cap?

**URL:** <https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/is-it-time-to-increase-the-blocksize-cap/941>\
**Category:** Philosophy\
**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/is-it-time-to-increase-the-blocksize-cap/941 "2024-06-03T17:02:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![shocknet\_justin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/user_avatar/delvingbitcoin.org/shocknet_justin/32/600_2.png) [@shocknet\_justin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/shocknet_justin)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/is-it-time-to-increase-the-blocksize-cap/941/12 "2024-06-04T17:25:46Z")

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> [@myles](#):
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> $5 a week IS money. Many people around the world live off of much less than we do in the United States and it’s ignorant to kick them off the network because they are “too poor”.

No, it isn’t, that’s simply your fiat unit bias and nothing more. Is .005 US cents money too? Just make up any integer, right? It’s a product of a nonsensical contrived example.

It’s no coincidence that appeals to the security and sovereignty of the chain for arbitrarily insignificant amounts is the only talking point big blockers have left, a dishonest one.

Your hypothetical user would receive something no more sovereign or secure than a database entry had you your way regardless, for if Bitcoin were to be so fragile as to shift with the winds of virtue stroking fantasies it would be worthless.

Regardless, I already showed the math above, lightning channels can be near free in perpetuity

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