Stripe: Blockchain must reach ten billion TPS to support the era of AI agent trading

CoinNetwork · 2026-02-26T05:58:08+00:00

Stripe co-founder predicts that future AI agents will drive online transactions, and blockchain's transactions per second need to be increased to millions or billions to address infrastructure limitations. Currently, major public chains' TPS are far below these predictions, highlighting the need for scalability. Future "agent-based e-commerce" will rely on open protocols and interoperability.

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2026-02-26 05:58:08

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CoinWorld.net, February 26 — Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison predicted in their annual letter that as AI agents become the main force in online transactions, blockchain transaction per second (TPS) may need to be increased to one million or even one billion to bridge the infrastructure gap. They mentioned that a mainstream public chain once experienced delays of over 12 hours for Bridge user withdrawals and a 35-fold surge in single-transaction fees due to memecoin trading frenzy, highlighting current scalability issues. Chainspect data shows that Internet Computer Protocol and Solana currently have actual TPS of approximately 1,196 and 1,140, with peak values of 25,621 and 5,289, and theoretical limits of about 209,700 and 65,000 TPS respectively. Stripe pointed out that if AI agents widely handle tasks such as form filling, searching, memory preferences, shopping to-do lists, and proactive decision-making, future “agent-based e-commerce” will rely on open protocols and universal interoperability.

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