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Re:Square announces pilot program to accept Bitcoin by olegkikin on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @04:10PM (#15707830)
They should really accept multiple cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin is too slow now with the blocks full. At least Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash should be considered.
Re:Square announces pilot program to accept Bitcoin by Casseres on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @05:16PM (#15708381)
If Square wants to be a cash intermediary, they should offer Monero. It's the most cash-like coin available since it's the only one that's fungible - an important aspect of any currency. The only problem is that it's not as recognized as Bitcoin, so maybe they're just trying to attract publicity and new users?
Re:Square announces pilot program to accept Bitcoin by imnotatwork on Thursday November 16, 2017 @07:16AM (#15712077)
The ring signatures have a big scalability problem, and the cryptographoic strenght of the monero anonymity is all but proven. Monero is an interesting experiment but its feasibility as a long term store of value is to be provem.

Also, moving some transactions off-chain transaction will effectively mix the coins and strenght anonymity.