In a very generic sense, the term transactions per second (TPS) refers to the number of

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performed by certain entity per second. In a more restricted view, the term is usually used by

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vendor and user community to refer to the number of

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s performed per second. Transactions per minute may be used when the transactions are more complex. Recently, the term has been used to describe the transaction rate of a cryptocurrency, such as the distributed network running the Bitcoin blockchain. The development of transaction rates capable of scaling to real-world volumes is an important area of research for cryptocurrency technology.

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