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We can't don't gigabyte blocks tomorrow, but that is within shooting distance.
Bandwidth costs have gone down by 20% every year for the last 20 years. And they will continue to go down, making on chain scaling absolutely doable.
Micro transactions will never work on a blockchain. But coffee transactions are definitely within shooting distance of possible.
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We can't don't gigabyte blocks tomorrow, but that is within shooting distance.
Bandwidth costs have gone down by 20% every year for the last 20 years. And they will continue to go down, making on chain scaling absolutely doable.
Micro transactions will never work on a blockchain. But coffee transactions are definitely within shooting distance of possible.