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Re: NEM (XEM) Official Thread - 100% New Code - Easy To Use APIs
by
gimre
on 06/02/2018, 16:41:57 UTC
Total transactions per second:
    Visa: 24,000
    Ripple (CCC: XRP-USD): 1,500
    PayPal: 193
    Bitcoin Cash (CCC: BCH-USD): 60
    Litecoin (CCC: LTC-USD): 56
    Dash (CCC: DASH-USD): 48
    Ethereum (CCC: ETH-USD): 20
    Bitcoin (CCC: BTC-USD): 7



https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@steemhoops99/transaction-speed-bitcoin-visa-iota-paypal
VISA can handle on average around 1,700 transactions per second (tps), call it a daily peak rate of 4,000 tps.
PayPal, in contrast, handled around 10 million transactions per day for an average of 115 tps in late 2014.
Today the Bitcoin network is restricted to a sustained rate of 7 tps due
Iota can already handle between 500-800 tps.
Ethereum – 20 transactions per second (Cost= 0.01-0.1 USD+)



Only of those above, which itself advertises its speed is VISA Smiley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Inc.
can handle up to 30,000 simultaneous transactions and up to 100 billion computations every second


Is this the raw truth?
If it is, that makes two things true.
Crypto currencies are too slow for real world usage. And therefore LemonAndFries had it right:NEM is an experimental.


Now time for some fun facts that wikipedia won't tell you:
  • a) in case of any problems visa is pushing responsibility onto the banks
  • b) guess what, banks will push responsibility on you
  • c) they can achieve such speed, mostly cause they don't friggin care about double spends, why?
    glad you ask, well see a) and b)
  • d) if your card will get cloned and used in some other country - guess what you'll be charged, getting money back often takes few months... (mind cloned not stolen, in case of stealing, chargeback to the rescue)
  • e) there are many POSes, that do not require chip-based authorization
  • f) even worse, there are places, that do not require your PIN when using magnetic stripe - only your signature - you might be lucky if someone will use your stolen card in this way, cause in this case banks often shift responsibility onto seller, and he'll have to cover for his loss
  • g) banks have limits on the losses they cover, so i) they will not cover if there was not enough funds stolen ii) usually there's some upper limit as well (although it'd be highly unlikely to get past it - i.e. you shouldn't keep that much money on account associated with your credit/debit card)) in EU it's several thousand of euros

So yeah, Heil VISA and let the banks live and prosper ❤️