characteristic of a system, model or function that describes its capability to cope and perform under an increased or expanding workload
Questions tagged [scalability]
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What advantages does Monero offer that are not provided by other cryptocurrencies?
What are the advantages provided by using Monero compared with other popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin?
Specifically, what unique features does Monero have relating to privacy, PoW security and scalability that is not provided by other…
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What are the primary differences between Monero and Bitcoin?
Addressing each of the following factors, what are the major differences between Monero and Bitcoin?
Privacy (including any limitations privacy may have on auditability)
Scaling (including blockchain size and ability to prune)
Security (including…
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Can the Monero block chain be pruned to increase scalability?
Can the Monero block chain be pruned to increase scalability? If so, exactly what data can and cannot be pruned?
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How much larger would a mixin=4 Monero transaction be compared to a Bitcoin transaction?
I've heard estimates ranging from 5-10 times bigger, but is it possible to come up with a more precise answer? By how much will this figure change after RingCT is implemented? What other factors might affect this size difference in the future? That…
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What does Monero's scaling roadmap look like
I know Monero is dynamically scalable, but everyone knows that simply increasing blocksize does not make a blockchain scale.
Nodes will still need to download the entire blockchain to function. The more transactions happen, the faster this will…
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What does CONOP mean and how does it relate to block sizes and scaling?
What has Monero done to address CONOP factors?
How does the current Monero implementation compare to other existing cryptocurrency alternatives with regard to blocksize caps?
Is the any research about new adaptive blocksize formulas that may…
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What kind of pruning techniques does AEON use?
AEON has a pruning branch. What kind of pruning is it? Is it just like Bitcoin pruning, or is there more to it?
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Is there any block size limitation?
In Bitcoins the blocks have a size limit of 1MB.
Is there any hardcoded limit for Monero? If not, how does it affect the cryptocurrency in terms of scalability?
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Can a new platform / cryptocurrency be built on top of Monero?
Can we build a new platform / cryptocurrency on top of Monero like Counterparty / Factom is built on top of Bitcoin?
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How would sharding work in Monero to help with scaling?
I heard some monero developers talk about sharding to help manage the size of the blockchain. Sharding is where every node only hold a small pieces of the blockchain to help deal with blockchain size growth and they all work together to validate…
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Can Monero in its current state handle the amount of daily transactions bitcoin does, and if so how long would a confirmation take?
We can all see the Bitcoin network is struggling with very long waiting times for confirmations and this is of course due to the massive amount of transactions it has to deal with (greater than all other altcoins combined).
My question is could…
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What will make Monero scale up and get Mass adoption?
Right now as we all know Monero just got added to dnm which was precursor to Bitcoin price being pushed up, Monero has been tested for about 3 years and be proven flawless in privacy/anonymity and did not have premine/ico etc... I am curious how…
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How far will Monero scale up (gradually or instantaneous)?
Say the economy of Iceland decides to use Monero as their official currency overnight. It would fail, right? I am pretty sure that the network could not handle a million daily transactions (how many does it handle now?).
What would the mechanism of…
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What will Enable monero to scale where Bitcoin failed?
Bitcoin is failing below its own success and the inability of the core team to make it scales.
What are the main resources explaining what differentiate Monero from bit coin regarding scalability of the network?
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Is the Bytecoin proposed scheme to scan numerous addresses faster interesting for Monero?
What was the technical scheme proposed by Bytecoin to scan a set of addresses faster, for instance for merchants? Was it discussed for Monero?
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