I've noticed a pretty significant slowness in actions performed here.  Initially I thought it was an issue with just eSteem and the mobile app, but I've started using the webpage directly and still see it.

Not crippling by any means, but for sure a sluggishness.  Seconds for a vote to process, etc.

My question is: Is this just inherently part of using a block chain as a data store?  Or is it a matter of server resources/load?  Or is it some combination of the two?  

Any insight is appreciated.

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