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Re:Alameda lost tens of millions because of a fat fingering ... by zdw on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @08:13PM (#37591723)
Has this improved as of late? Maybe with other blockchain systems?
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Re:Alameda lost tens of millions because of a fat fingering ... by josu on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:18PM (#37592161)
Yes, it improved in 2018, but people are still stuck on the 12 tx/s. The Lightning network allows thousands of tx per second [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Network

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Re:Alameda lost tens of millions because of a fat fingering ... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @11:55PM (#37593054)
Snarky (flamewar starting) answer is it improved massively since they made the blocks bigger in 2017.
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