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Re:How Blockchain Works by briatx on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @10:53AM (#18076542)
And of course the best protocol for a real time, latency sensitive application is... using a blockchain?

Bitcoin has a throughput of about 3 tx per second. Ethereum a little better at 7 tx per second. Confirmations are on the order of minutes at best.

Why do you think this would be a good idea?

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Re:How Blockchain Works by gibsons77 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @10:59AM (#18076601)
Those are blockchains which come to global consensus, which I don't think would work here. You would either need a state channel (2nd layer) or a DAG structure.
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