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A couple of million transactions per day: https://www.statista.com/statistics/730806/daily-number-of-bitcoin-transactions/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/7
by larsrc 5y ago
A couple of million transactions per day: https://www.statista.com/statistics/730806/daily-number-of-bitcoin-transactions/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/730806/daily-number-of-b...
That's less than the number of private transactions in a moderately sized city, never mind business or financial transactions.
Random comparison: NASDAQ alone sees 30-40 million transactions per day. http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=DailyMarketSummary http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=DailyMarketSummar...
- schappim 5y agoIt’d be real interesting to do an analysis of the last mile power usage of the credit card networks / banking system. I wonder if the giant volume and ubiquity of credit card terminals tips the scales.