Bitcoin politics plays too big a role in its scalability dispute, meanwhile, unconfirmed transactions queue and increasing fees scare investors away. It has become the most critical problem encountered by Bitcoin ever.
Despite having dragged over a long period of time, the block size and scaling problem of Bitcoin have never been as bad as is being experienced within the community presently.
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