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by eyezick 3229 days ago
Scalability too. You could even boast a crazier achievement like a full node capable of running on every smart-phone, but the potential is handcuffed as the network can only handle ~7 transactions a second.
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Yup, it's nuts. They have turned it into a ultra luxury car. Any one can view one only a privleged few can afford to drive.
Not all transactions has to be on the main chain. Scaling will happen on top and to the sides of bitcoin, using sidechains, extension chains, off-chain payment solutions like Lighting and TumbleBit, and new solutions that we haven't thought of yet.