Uh, yeah, after guzzling electricity like a small country, I'm sure bitcoin has massive scaling. Ability to process 9 transactions per seconds counts as massive scalability, right?

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I assume you're speaking Bitcoin, cryptocurrency that uses Proof-of-Work consensus.

Proof-of-Work is very secure, super decentralized, but it's the culprit behind mining and subsequent electricity drain.

There are other consensus mechanisms, like Proof-of-Stake, to which Ethereum, Solana and many many others have migrated to or were based on to begin with.

Proof-of-Stake requires about 100x less electricity, is reasonably secure and is the default option for modern cryptocurrencies. Thereby the energy argument gets less and less relevant, while the fuss around it is only gaining speed.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Ethereum doesn't seem to have great TPS either ( ~15 transaction/s ), and talks about improving TPS seems to have quiet down.

[–] SweetBilliam@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

I think most eth-based transactions happen on different layers and then get settled on the main layer periodically. Same with Bitcoin, come to think of it. TPS doesn't seem like a particularly useful number these days.

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