Re:Brazil’s leading payment processor begins accepting Bitcoin
by heisenbergs on Saturday August 31, 2019 @04:05PM
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Is this in any way related to neighbouring nations with inflation issues (Venezuela, Argentina) being a target market?!
Also curious how variable transaction costs are taken care of?! these weren't insignificant in the single US dollar range during the last crypto high when bitcoin was around $20k. does the payer or buyer shoulder them?
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Re:Brazil’s leading payment processor begins accepting Bitcoin
by hellodetroit on Saturday August 31, 2019 @05:15PM
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Most likely not. Cielo has been struggling with the recent increase in competition for payment services in Brazil, and is probably just trying to stay ahead of the curve.
Re:Brazil’s leading payment processor begins accepting Bitcoin
by BubRoss on Saturday August 31, 2019 @11:07PM
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If the people who took over bitcoin are still running around trying to keep the block size at 1 MB every 10 minutes, transactions costs are going to be a problem during any real usage.
Re:Brazil’s leading payment processor begins accepting Bitcoin
by danillonunes on Sunday September 01, 2019 @04:55PM
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> Also curious how variable transaction costs are taken care of?!
The article says users will need an account with Uzzo or Criptohub, Cielo’s network partners.
So I guess they aren’t doing a actual bitcoin transaction for each payment. You have to send your bitcoins to your exchange account first and then it controls your balance internally without having to interact with the public blockchain. You, the payer (Criptohub account owner), probably pay for the fees when you transfer your bitcoins to your exchange account.
Re:Brazil’s leading payment processor begins accepting Bitcoin
by SPascareli13 on Saturday August 31, 2019 @05:00PM
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Can you explain what "variable transaction cost" is?