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For Bitcoin, this means that “capacity problems”—such as transaction throughput—are inevitable but manageable. As with the internet, the key is for the system to evolve gracefully, despite these constraints. The ongoing development—segregated witness, block size debates, and other scaling proposals—are part of this evolution.
The Resilience of Bitcoin: Continuing despite Limitations
Antonopoulos noted that Bitcoin has survived multiple “doomsday” predictions, evidenced by sites like bitcoinobituaries.com, which repeatedly declared Bitcoin dead. Yet, it persisted, adapting to infrastructural upgrades and making incremental improvements.