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An online calculator from Bitcoin company 21 Inc. One stopgap measure to increase it could be implemented in a few months, but will only increase capacity a little bit.

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This week the currency, which is powered by a decentralized network of computers run by people and businesses around the world, hit its capacity limit. A backlog of stranded transactions has built up. There is debate as to whether this happened naturally, or by a person or group intentionally trying to cause problems for Bitcoin.

At the time of writing there were about 20, Bitcoin transactions waiting to be processed. Some will go through much sooner than others. You can attach a fee to a Bitcoin transaction for priority processing, and some Bitcoin software automatically suggests or sets one that will get you prompt processing. Individual Bitcoin users and businesses have complained of transactions expected to go through in minutes getting stuck for many hours, or even days.

An online calculator from Bitcoin company 21 Inc. One stopgap measure to increase it could be implemented in a few months, but will only increase capacity a little bit. A new prototype gets at how—and why—manufacturers and product designers might benefit from a blockchain.

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