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Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by leshow on Saturday December 09, 2017 @02:46PM (#15887677)
Either pay a ridiculous fee or wait a ridiculous amount of time for confirmation?

Replace by fee is a thing, as long as the tx is unconfirmed it could be replaced. You're effectively saying the wait time is now 3 days unless you want to pay a fee of several dollars. So that rules out most transactions.

How do you pay for anything given those restrictions?

Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by Frogolocalypse on Saturday December 09, 2017 @11:04PM (#15889825)
By aggregating commits to the blockchain, and doing them in batches.
Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by leshow on Sunday December 10, 2017 @04:38AM (#15890679)
Sorry but non of this sounds very convenient or useable. It seems like you just really like btc so you're making concessions on usability.
Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by Frogolocalypse on Sunday December 10, 2017 @05:51AM (#15890856)
> Sorry but non of this sounds very convenient or useable

Then you don't understand how bitcoin works, so it's probably best you refrain from commenting on bitcoin architecture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=4E3NiDC9i8E

Re:Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf] by leshow on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @09:41AM (#15914466)
You can't explain how your bitcoin debit is usable without paying a high fee or waiting a long time, so I don't know how bitcoin works? I hardly think that's fair. Your responses are practically non-sequiturs.

Lightning network hasn't been rolled out yet. It has nothing to do with our conversation.