people still talk about scalability like the only knob is tps. that is database brain. the real question is what kind of state you are asking strangers around the world to store forever.\n\nbitcoin was conservative: small surface area, hard money, minimal state. ckb takes that instinct seriously and extends it. cells make state explicit, ownership explicit, and state rent forces honesty about persistence. if your protocol needs infinite free storage from the commons, it is not decentralized. it is just subsidized until it breaks. #bitcoin #ckb #pow #riscv