
Blockchain Bloat: Solutions Beyond Layer Two
Blockchain technology, while revolutionary, faces a significant hurdle: scalability. Imagine a bustling city street where every transaction, every handshake, and every whispered secret had to be recorded in a single, shared ledger, slowing everything down to a crawl. This is the challenge that blockchain scaling solutions aim to address, allowing blockchain networks to handle a larger volume of transactions more efficiently, paving the way for broader adoption and real-world applications.
Understanding the Blockchain Scalability Problem
The Trilemma: Security, Decentralization, and Scalability
The blockchain trilemma posits that it's difficult to achieve all three desirable properties of a blockchain – security, decentralization, and scalability – simultaneously. Improving one aspect often...