4 ms·

is it low cost, though?

• bitxbitxbitcoin 4y ago
  Compared to similarly functioning systems that are decentralized and distributed? Yes.
  • cowtools 4y ago
    Bitcoin and Etherium are probably amongst the most inefficient cryptocurrencies on the market.
    • exo762 4y ago
      Is this analysis based on technical details of protocols? Or their economics? If latter, then I must object. Tx on one chain is not the same as tx on other chain. They are not interchangeable.
    • idiotsecant 4y ago
      There are much cheaper ways to achieve consensus, so long as you don't care very much about that consensus being real.
• bowsamic 4y ago
  Low cost as in energy and computation, but the cost of transactions are still higher and transactions are still slower than some of the alternatives as far as I'm aware