Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale?

Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by etr-strike on Saturday December 09, 2017 @04:12PM (#15888179)

Which cryptocurrency supports 60k t/s?

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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by ben_w on Saturday December 09, 2017 @04:58PM (#15888408)

BitShares, apparently. Press release June 10, 2015, claimed 100,000 t/s.

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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by etr-strike on Saturday December 09, 2017 @05:57PM (#15888681)

Never heard of it. I suspect their claim is either bogus or their coin is a database.

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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by ben_w on Saturday December 09, 2017 @06:56PM (#15888886)

There are far too many cryptocurrencies to keep track of, bit even if the claim is false, Bitcoin is still absurdly slow compared to existing normal systems.

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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by etr-strike on Sunday December 10, 2017 @12:32AM (#15890121)

What existing “normal” systems?

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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by ben_w on Sunday December 10, 2017 @06:43AM (#15891016)

Visa and Mastercard, like I wrote a few layers above.

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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by etr-strike on Sunday December 10, 2017 @07:45AM (#15891168)

My bad, I thought we were comparing global decentralized and trustless systems.

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