Scalability has been a bottleneck for major blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Despite the significantly improved scalability claimed by several high-profile blockchain projects, there has been little effort to understand how their transactional throughput is being used. In this paper, we examine recent network traffic of three major high-scalability blockchains-EOS, Tezos and XRP-over a period of three months.Our analysis reveals that only a small fraction of the transactions are used for value transfer purposes. In particular, 95% of the transactions on EOS were triggered by the airdrop of a currently valueless token; on Tezos, 82% of throughput was used for maintaining consensus; and only 2% of transactions on the XRP ledger lead to value transfers. The paper explores the different designs of the three blockchains and sheds light on how they could shape user behavior.

翻译：Bitcoin 和 Etherem 等主要块块链的可缩缩性一直是一个瓶颈。 尽管几个引人注目的块链项目声称其可缩放性大为改善,但几乎没有努力去了解其交易过程是如何使用的。 在本文中,我们审查了最近三个主要高缩块链-EOS、Tezos 和 XRP 的网络流量,为期三个月。 我们的分析显示,只有一小部分交易用于价值转移目的。 特别是, EOS 95%的交易是由目前一个无价值的标牌空投引发的;在Tezos,82%的吞吐量用于维持共识;在XRP分类账上只有2%的交易导致价值转移。 该文件探讨了三个块链的不同设计,并说明了它们如何影响用户的行为。