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LESSON 2 · Tomorrow's Tech Today

The Scalability Problem

Blockchain's biggest weakness is speed. Bitcoin processes roughly 7 transactions per second. Visa is built to handle over 65,000.

NFTs gained notoriety through expensive digital art, but the concept — provable digital ownership — has legitimate applications. Concert tickets, academic credentials, and property deeds could all benefit from tamper-proof digital records that exist independently of any company.