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00:22:41.080-->00:22:44.460 because if your computer is infected with a botnet because if your computer is infected with a botnet
00:22:45.820-->00:22:49.180 and 14 out of your 16 gigabytes of RAM are being eaten up, and 14 out of your 16 gigabytes of RAM are being eaten up,
00:22:49.180-->00:22:51.320 you're probably going to notice it. you're probably going to notice it.
00:22:51.320-->00:22:55.260 So it was a deliberate design decision in RandomX to use a So it was a deliberate design decision in RandomX to use a
00:22:55.260-->00:23:00.940 high required amount of RAM for processing. high required amount of RAM for processing.
00:23:02.400-->00:23:04.020 There's another source of scarcity There's another source of scarcity
00:23:04.020-->00:23:07.020 that is not necessarily one that you want in a blockchain, that is not necessarily one that you want in a blockchain,
00:23:07.020-->00:23:09.200 and that is access to layer one. and that is access to layer one.
00:23:09.200-->00:23:13.560 Bitcoin's 1 megabyte block limit caused a project fork. Bitcoin's 1 megabyte block limit caused a project fork.
00:23:13.560-->00:23:18.500 There was basically a civil war in Bitcoin over whether or not it was okay There was basically a civil war in Bitcoin over whether or not it was okay
00:23:19.400-->00:23:22.480 to make blocks stay at this 1 megabyte limit. to make blocks stay at this 1 megabyte limit.
00:23:22.480-->00:23:25.820 It still rages on to this day. It's still a holy war It still rages on to this day. It's still a holy war
00:23:25.820-->00:23:30.060 and this is something that Monero has avoided thus far. and this is something that Monero has avoided thus far.
00:23:30.060-->00:23:33.460 Its solution to this is to use an adaptive block size Its solution to this is to use an adaptive block size
00:23:33.460-->00:23:38.380 in which the maximum block size of a Monero block is flexible in which the maximum block size of a Monero block is flexible
00:23:38.380-->00:23:43.540 and it can organically expand or shrink along with demand -- and it can organically expand or shrink along with demand --
00:23:43.540-->00:23:46.060 with, of course, provisions in there with, of course, provisions in there
00:23:46.060-->00:23:50.620 to prevent the system from getting gamed. to prevent the system from getting gamed.
00:23:51.260-->00:23:54.500 And there's ongoing research to reduce the transaction size. And there's ongoing research to reduce the transaction size.
00:23:54.500-->00:23:56.280 There's bulletproofs that went in recently There's bulletproofs that went in recently