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Re:Coinbase adds support for Litecoin by kang on Saturday May 06, 2017 @10:09AM (#14280286)
> transaction didn't burn thousands of dollars of electricity to verify it

If a transaction does not do this, it can be guaranteed to be insecure.

>Faster block times means she'll get her coffee sooner

Maybe. Or maybe the merchant doesn't get paid for coffee at all (because faster blocktime means more orphans)!

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