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Todo (dev docs): describe scalability #854
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harding commentedMay 7, 2015
@petertodd recently mentioned that the dev docs doesn't mention anything about scalability, but that we should so that startups don't get the wrong idea about on-chain growth potential.
I think mentioning scalability would be a good thing, but I also think we should only briefly mention it. Given our audience description of application programmers, not Bitcoin system designers, I think these are the salient points:
In short, developers (and business plan writers) should not assume future transactions will be as easy or as cheap to confirm as current transactions.
Is there anything important that I missed, or an alternative approach that I should take?