In September, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum blockchain network could scale to 500 transactions per second using ZK-SNARKS, the underlying technology of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash. This week, Ethereum researchers Barry Whitehat, Alex Gluchowski, Harry R, Yondon Fu, and Philippe Castonguay proposed a solution called snark-based sidechains that could

Ethereum surpasses Bitcoin's 500 transactions per second, researchers explore 17,000 transactions per second
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