1.5KB/s That's the current throughput of bitcoin. When the ridiculousness of that is pointed out, why do people start talking about Visa's volume? Bitcoin is

1.5KB/s That's the current throughput of bitcoin. When the ridiculousness of that is pointed out, why do people start talking about Visa's volume? Bitcoin is unusable for regular transactions. A single transaction costs as much as an -entire hard drive- that can store the current chain multiple times over. After 11 years the chain takes up $6 of hard drive space. The only people that need to sync with the chain are miners, exchanges, online wallets and enthusiasts.