eCash for Beginners 10: Living in an eCash world

読了時間: 3 Back in the mid 2010s, Bitcoin was gaining momentum, not just in terms of price, but in terms of actual adoption. In a few short years BTC went from being known as that thing used to buy drugs on the internet, to being accepted by major companies like Microsoft, Steam, and Expedia. As a result, the number of Bitcoin transactions was growing rapidly. But rather than focusing on ensuring the network could handle the increased usage, the core developers chose to keep the blocksize limit at 1MB out of fear that increasing it would lead to centralization. Soon the blocks became full, the fees became exorbitant, and rather than Bitcoin […]