The 7 transactions per second limit would suggest it is not a suitable replacement. Considering the energy cost and environmental consequences this article refe

The 7 transactions per second limit would suggest it is not a suitable replacement. Considering the energy cost and environmental consequences this article references, we'd need the ice anyway. Edit: this (older?) article says 4.6 transactions per second and a propagation (read: transaction) time of 14 seconds. This is with near-zero percent of transactions in the world taking place in btc. https://hackernoon.com/the-blockchain-scalability-problem-the-race-for-visa-like-transaction-speed-5cce48f9d44 https://hackernoon.com/the-blockchain-scalability-problem-th...