Bitcoin Cash's 8 MBPS blocks offers has on-chain chain scaling
   sufficient to enable substantial growth. 64 MB  blocks could handle as
   many txs/sec as PayPal. Off-chain, once solid tech that isn't a
   backdoor for CBs and WS (as LN appears to be), should easily compete
   with VISA.

   On Jan 7, 2018 4:11 PM, <[1]jamesd@echeque.com> wrote:

     On 1/8/2018 8:48 AM, Steven Schear wrote:

     In the medium-sized to long-term I've written off all crypto that
     serve no useful function except, perhaps, as "digital gold" for
     asset safety. Comparing BTC to national monies, how many would use a
     currency whose fee "friction" made it impractical to use except as a
     replacement for Wire transfers?

     The intolerable fees reflect scaling limits.  If scaling not fixed,
     bitcoin will die.  If scaling fixed, bitcoin will likely replace
     national currencies.

References

   1. mailto:jamesd@echeque.com