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A comment on Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st. Parent comment

Re:Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st by criddell on Thursday July 13, 2017 @10:38AM (#14761587)
Were the scaling problems not predicted or known in the original design?
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Re:Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st by SkyMarshal on Thursday July 20, 2017 @02:59PM (#14815329)
They were known since the beginning, but for any complex problem it takes time to explore the solution space and hone in on the best (or least bad) solutions.
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