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Ripple CTO Clears Up Critical TPS Misconception
In a recent statement, Schwartz highlighted the severe drawbacks of running a layer-1 blockchain at high TPS levels. The Ripple CTO emphasized that increasing the transaction per second (TPS) count could lead to higher costs for bandwidth, storage, and computing power for all participants.
This increase in costs could result in fewer people finding it worthwhile to run a node, thereby reducing the overall node count. A lower node count means more users would have to rely on others’ nodes, which in turn diminishes decentralization — a core principle of blockchain technology.
In essence, as TPS increases, the infrastructure required to maintain a high-performance network becomes increasingly burdensome, leading to a decrease in node participation and ultimately, reduced decentralization.
Source: u.today
