Bitcoin is still actively changed, and they've been trying to push up the volume because, well, they have to at some point. What they choose to set as the mini

Bitcoin is still actively changed, and they've been trying to push up the volume because, well, they have to at some point. What they choose to set as the minimum amount of throughput for each node is ultimately dependent on the lowest common denominator in terms of bandwidth for every node on the network. With a truly distributed network like this, you need everyone on the same page. This is a valid criticism of bitcoin IMO. For example, there was talk about forking the network in August because of disagreements about what was reasonable to expect for the network-- Internet in China is expensive. http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21661404-spat-between-developers-may-split-digital-currency-forking-hell http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21661404-...