Sidechains are an answer, for you, if you don&#x27;t feel the current blockchains scale for your needs. For micropayments, or whatever. But they don&#x27;t solve anything per-se because nothing is broken.<p>Pay to publish is a feature. It&#x27;s the rate-limiting mechanism we&#x27;d need anyways, but directly tied into PoW and reward.<p>Make your coin and ask people if they want to use it instead of bitcoin. It&#x27;s so easy, and you can be proven right.