There are now more than 200k pending Bitcoin transactions

Re:There are now more than 200k pending Bitcoin transactions by johanols on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @06:16PM (#15965373)

That's why I use Litecoin. Transactions fee are one of the lowest in all of crypto and it's transactions speeds are acceptable. Always within a couple of minutes.

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Re:There are now more than 200k pending Bitcoin transactions by etr-strike on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @06:50PM (#15965648)

Litecoin is essentially the same as bitcoin with slightly different chosen constants. Bitcoin is optimizing for decentralization, Litecoin is not.

If people actually used litecoin it’d have the same exact problems.

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Re:There are now more than 200k pending Bitcoin transactions by A3mercury on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @10:16AM (#15970215)

I think this is what people don't fully understand. Bitcoin is not the exception, it's just the first to hit this wall. Even if Bitcoin Cash were to take over with larger block sizes, we'll see the same problem just further down the line.

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Re:There are now more than 200k pending Bitcoin transactions by peterisza on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @06:42PM (#15965591)

Ripple transactions are cheaper.

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