Questions tagged [scalability]
Scalability refers to the capability of a system or network to cope with growing adoption and workload.
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Is it Safe to Share a Wallet File Between Multiple Bitcoin Core Instances Using the New Wallet DB Technology?
I have a setup where a single stateful Bitcoin node (with a watch-only wallet) is no longer sufficient due to being a single point of failure and the increasing load of requests. Consequently, I need ...
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CTV real world usage -- How to trustlessly coordinate 1,000 people sharing 1 UTXO? And how many vBytes would be required for such an onboarding Tx?
Lots of CTV talk lately. I believe I understand the basic concept, which is that, say, 1,000 users could share 1 UTXO, while any 1 of those users can withdraw funds to the main chain at any time. So ...
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Are SPV and fraud proofs a viable option for scaling Bitcoin?
I'm aware that this might be borderline taboo to discuss because of its potential implications (uncapped block size) but, in an attempt to put aside the ego stuff from the block size wars, I'd like to ...
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On Scaling Decentralized Blockchains Paper: How is transaction/sec calculated?
I'm currently reading this paper on the scalability of Bitcoin and I'm struggling to understand some of the calculations.
On page 6 they calculate the 90% effective throughput, meaning the speed at ...
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Scalability of self custody and lightning channels
One of the mantras I hear repeatedly in this community is "not your keys not your coins", outlining the importance of self custody. In this regard, is it actually realistic for majority of ...
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Does Bitcoin need future consensus change upgrades or could a billion people use Bitcoin today?
Do Bitcoin Core and other base-layer implementations necessarily need further upgrades in order to become sufficiently fast and efficient to process the volume of transactions that you and others ...
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How could 6 billion people be onboarded to Bitcoin and Lightning today?
How could 6 billion people be onboarded to Bitcoin and Lightning today?
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one address multiple inputs one signature scheme
I have an idea and would like to know if current or future technology can allow it :
Assume 100 people with index i
each people has secret Ri
Secrets Ri are combined via an abstract mechanism to ...
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Why do bitcoin exchanges use "central" wallets?
Most exchanges that have the option to deposit crypto offer individual wallets for every customer. What is the benefit of moving that money to a "central" wallet? Could they also just ...
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What are currently (May 2022) the biggest pain points of the Lightning Network?
I am wondering what are currently the biggest roadblocks and challenges (maybe also in Bitcoin) that we need to overcome in the Lightning Network protocol. Why are they challenging and why is it so ...
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Is it possible that Lightning Network payments may someday replace all Bitcoin transactions, rendering the block chain obsolete?
To tackle the scalability problem of Bitcoin the lightning network was introduced, which (if I understand correctly) adds an additional layer to the blockchain, allowing users to create a payment ...
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Settlement scalability after general adoption
How can bitcoin & lightning support a full planet adoption rate of settlements?
Just trying to understand how this works, and whether or not this might be a problem.
Lets imagine Bitcoin is ...
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Are mining pools scalable? Can you split the block reward across a very large number of pool members?
Let's assume the number of individuals that join mining pools grows by a lot. Let's say we have one mining pool with 50,000 members. The pool is successful and receives a block reward. The next step ...
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Miner attack lightning network
Can miners attack lightning network making it unusable with the hope that the transaction are forced to be processed on-chain, and they earn more transaction fee?
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Estimating Lightning Network's theoretical transaction throughput
I've seen theoretical estimates of Lightning Network's potential transaction throughput range from 100k or more to millions of transactions per second. My question is, how do you come up with an ...
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