Merge pull request #1013

moneropedia: rewrite 'Scalability' entry

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
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 {% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/de/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
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 {% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/en/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/es/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
 {% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.
+

_i18n/fr/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability", "Évolutivité"]
-summary: "Potentiel de croissance de Monero, ressources nécessaires, et méthodes d'augmentation de l'efficacité"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
-### Les Bases
+{% include untranslated.html %}
+### The Basics
 
-Monero n'a pas de taille de bloc maximale programmée en dur, ce qui signifie que contrairement à Bitcoin il n'a pas une limite de taille de bloc à 1 Mo empêchant l'évolution. Cependant, un mécanisme de pénalité de récompense de bloc est intégré dans le protocol pour éviter un accroissement trop excessif de la taille de bloc : La taille du nouveau bloc (TNB) est comparée à la taille médiane M100 des 100 derniers blocs. Si TNB > M100, la récompense de bloc est réduite avec une dépendance quadratic du dépassement de TNB vis à vis de M100. P.ex. si TNB est [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] plus grand que M100, la récompense de bloc nominale est réduite de [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Généralement, les blocs plus grands que 2*M100 e sont pas autorisés, et les blocs <= 60 ko sont toujours exempt de pénalités de récompense de bloc.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/it/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
 {% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/nl/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
+{% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/pl/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability", "skalowalność", "skalowalności", "skalnowalnością"]
-summary: "Potencjał wzrostu Monero oraz metoda zwiększania efektywności."
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
-### Podstawy
+{% include untranslated.html %}
+### The Basics
 
-Monero nie posiada ustalonego maksymalnego rozmiaru bloku, co oznacza, że, w przeciwieństwie do Bitcoina, którego limit bloku wynosi 1 MB, nie posiada limitu zapobiegającego skalowaniu. Jednak do protokołu wbudowany został mechanizm kary za wynagrodzenie za blok w celu uniknięcia zbytniego wzrostu rozmiaru bloku - nowy rozmiar bloku (NBS) jest porównywalny do rozmiaru mediany M100 ostatnich 100 bloków. Jeśli NBS>M100, wynagrodzenie za blok zostaje zmniejszone o funkcję kwadratową ilości, o którą NBS przekroczył M100, na przykład jeśli NBS jest [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] większe od M100, wnagrodzenie nominalne za blok zmniejszy się o, odpowiednio, [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Przeważnie bloki większe niż 2*M100 nie są dozwolone, a bloki <= 60kB są zawsze wolne od jakichkolwiek kar.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/pt-br/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
 {% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/ru/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability", "масштабируемость"]
-summary: "Потенциал роста Monero, требуемые ресурсы и методы повышения эффективности"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
-### Основная информация
+{% include untranslated.html %}
+### The Basics
 
-У Monero нет жёстко закодированного максимального размера блока, что означает, что в отличие от Bitcoin, у этой криптовалюты нет предельного размера блока, составляющего 1 MB, что препятствует масштабированию. Тем не менее в протокол встроен механизм наложения штрафа на вознаграждение за блок, что позволяет избежать появления блоков слишком большого размера. Размер нового блока (new block's size — NBS) сравнивается со средним размером M100 последних 100 блоков. Если NBS > M100, размер вознаграждения за блок снижается в квадратической зависимости от того, насколько NBS превышает M100. Например, если NBS на [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] больше M100, номинальный размер вознаграждения за блок снижается на [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. В целом запрещается генерировать блоки, размер которых превышает 2*M100, а на вознаграждение за блоки, размер которых меньше либо равен 60 kB, обычно не налагается какого-либо штрафа.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/tr/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
+{% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/zh-cn/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
+{% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.

_i18n/zh-tw/resources/moneropedia/scalability.md

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 terms: ["scalability"]
-summary: "Growth potential of Monero, resources required, and methods of increasing efficiency"
+summary: "How Monero scaling is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes"
 ---
 
+{% include untranslated.html %}
 ### The Basics
 
-Monero has no hardcoded maximum block size, which means that unlike Bitcoin it does not have a 1 MB block size limit preventing scaling. However, a block reward penalty mechanism is built into the protocol to avoid a too excessive block size increase: The new block's size (NBS) is compared to the median size M100 of the last 100 blocks. If NBS>M100, the block reward gets reduced in quadratic dependency of how much NBS exceeds M100. E.g. if NBS is [10%, 50%, 80%, 100%] greater than M100, the nominal block reward gets reduced by [1%, 25%, 64%, 100%]. Generally, blocks greater than 2*M100 are not allowed, and blocks <= 60kB are always free of any block reward penalties.
+The size of Monero @blocks (which contain @transactions) is flexible and can accommodate many transactions as demand changes. Formulas determine how the reward miners receive interacts with the number of transactions they choose to include in blocks. The @blockchain can therefore scale to meet changes in transaction volume.
+
+Scaling may also refer to the ability to conduct certain types of intermediate transactions safely without interacting with a blockchain. Monero does not currently support native off-chain solutions like atomic swaps, since its privacy features do not permit the use of required functionality like non-interactive refund transactions or complex scripting. However, academic and industry research is ongoing and promising in this area.