= Protests against larger block sizes
{title2=May 2015}
* https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block_size_limit_controversy
* https://blog.bitmex.com/the-blocksize-war-chapter-1-first-strike/
Protesters were posting large chunks of text multiple times into the blockchain as a way to protest against the controversial increase of block size.
https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0355.txt#L5837[tx 08893442680a20c4d0548dec2c8c421fa43336528b4e274dbf2652774f9c9f2d] has the first copy of:
> I like big blocks and I can not lie
which is the first line of a parody on:
> I like big butts and I cannot lie
from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Got_Back[Baby Got Back] hip-hop song.
https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0355.txt#L16[tx 52159222289cd0a5afe0644150d0e23d5d272a57365627d5e869fdb458289858] has the first copy of:
> Time to roll out bigger blocks
which is likely a copy of an email from the bitcoin development <mailing list>. This message is repeated dozens of times in other transactions.
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