# kaal:claim:3406323-019

**Claim.** The low transaction throughput of public blockchains is a core limitation that holds back more advanced distributed applications, which is why decentralized commerce in 2019 remains relegated to cryptocurrency trading and basic smart contracting.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- public blockchains as of 2019

**Source quote.**

> The low transaction throughputs of public blockchains is a core limitation that holds back more advanced DApps.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy* (2019), V. Obstacles, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323

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**Failure mode.** throughput-bottleneck  (family: scalability-and-throughput-limit)

**Topics.** blockchain

**Keywords.** scalability, transaction-throughput, dapps, public-blockchains

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-023
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3396522-032

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