<p>The same thing that keeps them from increasing the mining block reward. Everyone else would consider their blocks invalid and so there would be no benefit at all.</p>

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2017-12-19T23:15:03.440Z
2017-12-19T23:15:03.440Z
David Schwartz
<p>What, either technically or not, is preventing bitcoin core miners from expanding the number of transactions included in each block?</p>

<p>Wouldn't the corresponding increase in maximum number of transactions per second, and higher compensation per block, be a welcome benefit?</p>

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artificial block size cap?
Hannah Vernon
# artificial block size cap?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-19)

What, either technically or not, is preventing bitcoin core miners from expanding the number of transactions included in each block?

Wouldn't the corresponding increase in maximum number of transactions per second, and higher compensation per block, be a welcome benefit?

**Tags:** block, mining-profitability


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-19. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

The same thing that keeps them from increasing the mining block reward. Everyone else would consider their blocks invalid and so there would be no benefit at all.


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