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TPS Counter: help debunk the "7 tps" myth

Some people like to spread the myth that bitcoin's blockchain can only process 7 transactions per second. example fud:

https://x.com/MaxiDerangement/status/1792965545702371632

I made a little webpage to help debunk this myth whenever you see someone say this nonsense:

https://supertestnet.github.io/tps-counter/

For example, today the block with the highest TPS count (so far) is this one which had 7582 transactions in it, which means bitcoin processed about 13 tps (7582 divided by 10 minutes divided by 60 seconds = 7582 / 10 / 60 = 12.6 tps).

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mutatrum 1y ago

Did you just blow up mempool.space?

Super Testnet 1y ago

Seems to be working for me

mutatrum 1y ago

First time it loaded ton133 or 235, after that nothing. Both on desktop as well as mobile over wifi. Now trying on cell network.

mutatrum 1y ago

GET https://mempool.space/api/block-height/844562 net::ERR_FAILED 429 (Too Many Requests)

So looks like it's being rate limited.

Brian 1y ago

Works for me. I got:

Average tps in the past 24 hours: 6.56 tps

sommerfeld 1y ago

Order of magnitude is the crux of the argument, not the exact value. I don't think anyone cares that bitcoin can *theoretically* process 13 tps instead of 7...

Super Testnet 1y ago

> Order of magnitude is the crux of the argument, not the exact value

Then they should say something like "it can only process on the order of 10 transactions per second." It's not good to state the number is 7 when that undercuts the truth by over 40%.

Bitcoin Carlin 1y ago

Don’t you think the retort might be “well 13 sucks too”?

LN fixes this. If they won’t learn about that or other solutions that protect privacy or increase throughput they never sought the truth anyway.

Super Testnet 1y ago

that would be a perfectly acceptable retort and I would agree with it

the real number being low does not justify pretending it's even lower