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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by lalaland1125 on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:49AM (#16359374)
If banks can't process 0.00001 transactions, then how in the world would cryptocurrencies be able to as cryptocurrencies are easily thousands of times less efficient than centralized servers?
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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by lrns_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:44PM (#16360839)
https://lightning.network/
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Re:My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don... by francescopnpn on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:54AM (#16359413)
That depends on the cryptocurrency. Stellar already processes 1 cent transactions.
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