Shirley: CryptoKitties broke Ethereum at just 10,000 daily active users
Dieter Shirley · NBA Top Shot and the Flow Blockchain · May 21, 2021 · at 16:55
Dieter Shirley, co-creator of CryptoKitties and co-founder of Dapper Labs, explains why Dapper Labs decided to build the Flow blockchain rather than remaining on Ethereum.
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“CryptoKitties broke Ethereum with sort of, You know, 10,000 ish users per day. And you can't build a consumer company at that scale. It's simply untenable.”
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