Bitcoin: “Failing to Scale” – Prague 2016 [TIOM1-11]

Bitcoin: “Failing to Scale” – Prague 2016 [TIOM1-11]

Author: Andreas M. Antonopoulos December 2, 2017 Duration: 1:02:43
In this talk, Andreas looks at scaling as an ongoing process. Using examples from the history of the Internet -- which has "failed to scale, gracefully, for 25 years" --- he discusses the scaling debate and looks at how Bitcoin will scale over the next several years. This talk took place at the Institute of Cryptoanarchy's Paralelni Polis on March 22nd 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic / Czechia.

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Originally published as a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFOFqNKKns0&list=PLPQwGV1aLnTvCuQXCZ3RBvdlCnqstTirl&index=11

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