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Re:Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and eBay exit Facebook’s Libra ... by leetcrew on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:07AM (#21233205)
most people most of the time care more about the time it takes to get the initial confirmation, not the actual settlement. most consumer transactions are not large enough for reversibility to matter that much.
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Re:Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and eBay exit Facebook’s Libra ... by lawn on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:19PM (#21235093)
Exactly. Which will take a few seconds with Bitcoin.
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