Re:Bitcoin's First $1k Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High
by seibelj on Sunday May 12, 2019 @11:00AM
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How long and how expensive is it to wire $10,000,000 from Nigeria to South Korea? With USDC, it takes seconds and costs about 2 cents.
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Re:Bitcoin's First $1k Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High
by pavlov on Sunday May 12, 2019 @11:42AM
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How does one convert $10M dollars in a Nigerian bank account into USDC? That seems like a necessary first step.
Re:Bitcoin's First $1k Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High
by seibelj on Sunday May 12, 2019 @01:04PM
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I show a legitimate use case other than “ICO pyramid scams” and you move the goal posts. It shows that you have an opinion about cryptocurrency that cannot be changed by logic, and are essentially a troll.
Re:Bitcoin's First $1k Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High
by pavlov on Sunday May 12, 2019 @02:41PM
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You claim that one can wire 10 million dollars from Nigeria in two seconds. If you’re not even going to answer the most obvious question about how someone could do this, it’s hardly a real world use case.
I’m not sure if you understand how the boring old SWIFT-addressed wire competes here. I haven’t sent 10 million, but hundreds of thousands anyway. It costs no more than $25, is settled within hours, and has all sorts of safeguards that don’t exist in crypto. The funds are immediately available for use rather than USDC which AFAIK isn’t accepted for payment on anything, anywhere.