Scaling Bitcoin Conference: On the Scalability of Non-Currency Applications
The Scaling Bitcoin workshop held in Montreal, Canada from September 12-13 aimed to discuss several issues currently affecting the industry. One of the biggest topics on the table was that of the block size limit, which could be addressed through scalability. Among the presentations made during the bitcoin conference was on the scalability of non-currency applications, discussed by Harry Kalodner of Princeton's Security and Privacy Research Group and assistant professor of computer science at Princeton Arvind Narayanan. Scaling Solutions for Bitcoin. As it is, the bitcoin network has been....
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