Back to collectionCongestion Puts Scaling Back on the Agenda
Background: The studio was still working through issues left from testing, while the community kept seeing news of Bitcoin congestion. Today: Bitcoin became congested enough for an exchange to suspend withdrawals, bringing scaling back to the center of discussion. Impact and next steps: The discussion cleared no network congestion, but it showed the team how much explanation lay ahead.
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Background: The studio was still working through issues left from testing, while the community kept seeing news of Bitcoin congestion. Some grouped withdrawal trouble and preparations for the game chain under the same word, “scaling,” and wanted to know which problem the project was meant to address.
Today: Bitcoin became congested enough for an exchange to suspend withdrawals, bringing scaling back to the center of discussion. In an internal conversation, A-Zhen suggested separating the immediate questions: whether an exchange would release withdrawals, whether players could connect to the game smoothly, and which testnet faults remained all called for different answers. One sweeping term would not settle them.
Impact and next steps: The discussion cleared no network congestion, but it showed the team how much explanation lay ahead. A-Zhen planned to organize questions around the steps players would actually take and check with colleagues what they could answer. The timing of resumed exchange withdrawals was outside their control.