> Shouldn't an exchange be able to handle volume? Seems like a basic requirement.
Exchanges are just websites like any other. They're build to handle a certain amount of traffic based on the average amount plus a little extra to handle spikes.
If they only get (And I'm pulling numbers out of my ass here just to make a point) an average of 10 trades per second with occasional spikes to 100 trades per second, how much infrastructure should they build? What capacity should they build to? 1,000 trades per second? 10,000?
There's a cost analysis involved. I think it's a bit unrealistic for them to have enough infrastructure to handle spikes an order of magnitude higher than their typical peak loads.
Exchanges are just websites like any other. They're build to handle a certain amount of traffic based on the average amount plus a little extra to handle spikes.
If they only get (And I'm pulling numbers out of my ass here just to make a point) an average of 10 trades per second with occasional spikes to 100 trades per second, how much infrastructure should they build? What capacity should they build to? 1,000 trades per second? 10,000?
There's a cost analysis involved. I think it's a bit unrealistic for them to have enough infrastructure to handle spikes an order of magnitude higher than their typical peak loads.