“The Visa network is designed to handle peak volumes of 10,000 transactions per second. So far, that hasn’t been a problem because Bitcoin users are only generating around 1 transaction per second. But if the Bitcoin economy continues to grow, it’s only a matter of time before that limit becomes a problem. Can the Bitcoin network be tweaked to handle the much higher transaction volumes that could occur in the future? To answer that question, I talked to prominent Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn. He helped me understand the current limits on Bitcoin performance and how Bitcoin’s development team plans to overcome them.”
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