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Re: How many tx/second can we handle now?
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pebwindkraft
on 24/11/2018, 07:18:42 UTC
⭐ Merited by ETFbitcoin (1)
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But if we're talking about off-chain tx/s, then in theory it's unlimited (ignoring on-chain transaction to open and close channel)

I'd like to add two small things:
  • Lightning is having more than 300 Bitcoins in it's channels, so just to give an imagination, what can happen in volume and size off-chain.
  • And then there is already the first sidechain ("Liquid"), another on/off chain layer (requires a in and out transaction on the blockchain), which allows for additional transactions outside of the bitcoin main blockchain.
So scaling bitcoin isn't a point of discussion anymore (only for those people, who want to make sure, that the coffee they paid for a dollar is forever visible in a blockchain - for tose people it is better to use bitcoin unlimited, abc or cash chains).