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Re:MoneyGram Signs Deal to Work with Currency Startup Ripple by zjaffee on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:32PM (#16127010)
Except moneygram has a huge place in the history of cryptocurrency, where as kodak doesn't even come close. If you purchased bitcoin in 2013 there was a very good chance that you transferred cash using moneygram from a local CVS or Walmart.
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Re:MoneyGram Signs Deal to Work with Currency Startup Ripple by ryen on Thursday January 11, 2018 @04:32PM (#16128101)
+1. Moneygram was one of the few ways to fund a wallet almost completely anonymously in those days.
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Re:MoneyGram Signs Deal to Work with Currency Startup Ripple by wyldfire on Thursday January 11, 2018 @08:21PM (#16129664)
Didn't you need some kind of escrow?
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