- Cardano’s 18 TPS limit hinders mass adoption, raising concerns about its ability to compete with faster blockchain networks.
- Despite Input Endorsers and Hydra, Cardano’s scalability remains a major issue, with no significant near-term improvements in sight.
- Justin Bons warns that without top-tier developers, Cardano risks falling behind unless drastic changes are made to its approach.
Crypto analyst Justin Bons on Twitter lambasted Cardano’s scalability and stated that the performance of the blockchain falls severely short with regard to mass adoption. He criticized Cardano’s L1 capability, citing a maximum of only 18 transactions per second.
According to Bons, Cardano lacks the necessary components to compete with other blockchain systems in its current state. Scalability remains a major issue on the blockchain, despite Cardano’s claims of decentralization and on-chain administration.
Cardano’s Current Scaling Challenges
Bons explains that Cardano’s block size limit is 90,112 bytes, and each basic transaction is 250 bytes. With a block time of 20 seconds, Cardano can only process 18 TPS. This performance, Bons argues, is far behind other blockchain networks. Furthermore, he highlights that multi-output transactions don’t improve TPS, as other chains also support such transactions without counting them toward their TPS.
Moreover, Bons criticizes Cardano’s marketing efforts, claiming that it misleads the public by presenting TPS numbers that don’t reflect true network capabilities. He adds that, despite the efforts to improve scaling through technologies like Input Endorsers and Hydra, the blockchain still faces limitations. The Input Endorsers solution could increase TPS to 300, according to IOHK’s claims, but it remains far behind what other competitive chains can achieve.
The Road Ahead for Cardano
Looking to the future, Bons suggests that Cardano’s scalability problems might remain unsolved for years. Even if the community voted for on-chain scaling solutions, the blockchain’s development team might not have the capacity to implement such changes. Bons argues that Cardano needs to attract world-class developers to stay competitive. Unfortunately, he fears that ego, arrogance, and unrealistic expectations will hinder the necessary changes.
Bons concludes by suggesting that Cardano might have to undergo significant changes, such as attracting developers from other successful projects or even forking its codebase. Only time will tell if Cardano can evolve and stay relevant in the highly competitive crypto environment.
