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> we know Bitcoin doesn’t scale to handle the volume of transactions needed No longer true. I used to believe this as well, but I’ve been blown away by the wor

> we know Bitcoin doesn’t scale to handle the volume of transactions needed No longer true. I used to believe this as well, but I’ve been blown away by the work from Lightning Network [1]. Subsecond transactions that happen off the Bitcoin blockchain, scales beautifully. [1] http://lightning.network http://lightning.network

amalcon 8y ago
Does that actually exist? It was vaporware for a pretty long time (though admittedly, I haven't checked in more than a year).
- yarrel 8y ago
  It does exist and work. It's early days but you can now use it. Source: I bought a sticker using it. :-)
- cdiddy2 8y ago
  Yes but its still in beta on the mainnet so its not ready for daily use yet. You can see all the nodes here https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/ https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/