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Scalability

Scalability in blockchain technology is the ability of a blockchain network to increase transaction speed and throughput. This is necessary to be able to process the increasing number of transactions quickly. The better the scalability, the more efficiently transactions can be processed. One criticism of Bitcoin is that it is not scalable. Scalability is one of the three most important features of a mature blockchain network. The other two are decentralization and security.

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