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Re:Which Categories of Seed Startups Are Thriving? Which Are... by H8crilA on Sunday August 11, 2019 @09:56PM (#20671844)
Including quick money transfer. FED is working on an upgrade that will allow instant USD transfers. There's absolutely no reason why the central banks of the world cannot have instant transfers using their non-blockchain databases.

BTC is only good as a deflationary pseudo-commodity, like gold. And like gold a good holding amount is probably below 10%, I'd say below 5% of the portfolio.

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Re:Which Categories of Seed Startups Are Thriving? Which Are... by teh_infallible on Sunday August 11, 2019 @09:59PM (#20671855)
Yes, I always look to the FED for cutting edge technology. /s
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Re:Which Categories of Seed Startups Are Thriving? Which Are... by H8crilA on Sunday August 11, 2019 @10:46PM (#20672012)
Instant money transfer is not cutting edge. Some countries have had it for decades (albeit at a premium cost).
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Re:Which Categories of Seed Startups Are Thriving? Which Are... by pjc50 on Monday August 12, 2019 @08:51AM (#20674938)
http://www.fasterpayments.org.uk/our-achievements : not even at a premium cost.
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