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by throwayEngineer 2577 days ago
Any Ethereum developers have a plan once ETH gets log jammed again?

Apps will be slow to respond and take minutes or hours between updates.

Is this accepted as you wait for a new solution to the byzantine generals problem?
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roneil 2577 days ago
The existing issues with ETH are why we currently use POA network for the Audius private beta. POA network has its own set of issues, but the 1) fast transaction confirmation time, 2) low fees, and 3) lack of congestion make it a great testbed for us.

FWIW, Hedgehog works with any web3-compliant API, in our case core.poa.network but could be any other one of developer's choosing eg. Infura

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atomical 2577 days ago
Sidechains like Loom network are making progress, but Ethereum 2.0 is a ways off.
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ejanus 2577 days ago
Could you explain you statement with facts ?
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atomical 2577 days ago
Loom has better scalability. Most transactions can happen on a sidechain.

https://medium.com/loom-network/everything-you-need-to-know-...

Ethereum 2.0 will have sharding. That should speed up transactions but sidechains will probably always be cheaper and sometimes no fee.

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