Scaling Monero
summary
Argues that the real bottleneck for Monero is upload bandwidth is the bottleneck, not verification or storage, since CPU/GPU verification and cheap storage scale with Moore’s law. Uses Nielsen’s law (1.5×/yr → 130× growth in 12 years) and a 25× stress factor (Visa-style peak load) to estimate ~36,000 TX/s feasible by 2034 without protocol changes. Recommends avoiding hard block-size limits, preparing node operators for higher bandwidth, and relying on multi-threaded/GPU verification.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:18The Two Aspects of Scaling
- 3:04Verification Time - Technological Support for Scaling: Generalized - Moore's Law
- 6:33Verification Time - Technological Support for Scaling: Final Thoughts
- 8:37Bitcoin 2 year old Generation Alpha in 2022
- 9:52Storage - Technological Support for Scaling - Final Thoughts
- 10:20Bandwidth: Technological Support for Scaling. Nielsen's Law - 1.5x per year
- 13:14Bandwidth: Technological Support for Scaling Not all Neighbourhoods Have Fibre - For Now.
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