Bitcoin Dev Archive / 2018 The DCS Theorem - theory for understanding blockchain scalability 1 message, 16 Jan 2018. Started by Tao Effect. Tao Effect Permalink | Original thread on gnusha.org Tao Effect 16 Jan 2018, 18:15 UTC permalink original The DCS Triangle was independently discovered by myself and Trent McConaghy. It is a useful tool for clearing confusion about blockchain scalability and blocksize-related debates. The DCS Theorem is a probability proof of the triangle, and it's now on arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.04335 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.04335> Cheers, Greg