Blockchain Network Seeks to Rival VisaNet

Though there has been considerable hype and value slipping in Cryptocurrencies,   Blockchain architectures are still getting lots of serious minded attention.    Good to stay connected.   Note in particular the transaction speeds sought.  Here the latest:

MIT, Stanford and others to build blockchain payments network to rival VisaNet

Seven universities are collaborating to create a blockchain-based online payment system that will solve issues of scalability, privacy, security and performance, enabling up to 10,000 transactions per second.
           
 By Lucas Mearian in Computerworld  ....