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kolev on July 12, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Kryptoradio – A Bitcoin data transmission system

Well, considering the size now with 7 TPS limit, 4K TPS (which is still lower than any of the major credit cards) will make things worse. 7 TPS is there for a reason.

ghshephard on July 13, 2014 | [–]

According to the scalability document, VISA handles on average around 2,000 transactions per second

kolev on July 18, 2014 | | [–]

Burst capability is 10,000 TPS. I'm not sure how up-to-date this information is anyway.

servowire on July 13, 2014 | [–]

The blockchain can be pruned.

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