To me scalability needs to mean two things, fast and free. A blocksize of 8 MB might make the chain faster for now but BCH will run into the same problems as its big brother when transactional volume increases. Right now it makes sense to buy a car with bitcoin, but not a cup of coffee because fees are proportionally high and it's obviously slow. To solve the scalability issue I think the only way to go is side-chains, which is why I'm eagerly anticipating Segwit and Lightning Nework developments.
RE: [Criptopedia] Bitcoin Cash - BCH
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Indeed, since the whole blockchain must be stored to process transactions.
Lightning network? I still dont know. Probably Will make things faster, but might create some problems on the decentralization Topic.
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That's the great thing about it! When I'm buying coffee, who cares about decentralization? I just want it fast, and cheap so it makes sense to use the lightning network. But when I'm storing my life savings and transferring large sums, I don't care about fast and cheap. I care about secure and decentralized, so it would only make sense to use the Proof of Work chain. Lightning network wouldn't replace Proof-of-Work, it would simply exist as an option for use in certain scenarios. Do you see any potential problems?
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