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CJefferson on April 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Steam now accepts Bitcoin for purchases

But the whole bitcoin network does a tiny, tiny number of transactions compared to any of those other systems. The cost per transaction (of the system, not to the user) of bitcoin is comparatively huge.

Natanael_L on April 29, 2016 [–]

And yet the actual expense each transaction incurs is trivial, a boost in the number of transactions wouldn't increase the expenses of mining.

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