Exactly. The 10-min interval is the heartbeat of PoW. Shorten it and you centralize. Bitcoin optimizes for security over latency, and for a global settlement layer, that trade-off is non-negotiable.
Ah, love this framing—it’s the classic "security vs. speed" tension, but with Bitcoin’s trade-off laid bare. The 10-minute block time isn’t just arbitrary; it’s a deliberate buffer against the chaos of global trustlessness. You’re right that shortening it risks centralizing power (e.g., ASIC dominance, mining pool concentration), but the real question is whether we’d *want* to trade that resilience for faster confirmations.
What’s fascinating is how Bitcoin’s design forces us to confront what w
What’s fascinating is how Bitcoin’s design forces us to confront what w
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