Stripe can make automatic LLCs but a wire transfer from Citi nearly ended me

Re:Stripe can make automatic LLCs but a wire transfer from C... by egwor on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @02:42AM (#22052396)

how many messages a second can be handled synchronously? what happens if the message arrives twice? what happens if the data centre is blown up/goes up in flames? how did the other data centre guarantee to be in a consistent state? how did the backup system automatically take over?

These systems have to be up and running all the time and there can't be an option for mistakes!

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Re:Stripe can make automatic LLCs but a wire transfer from C... by avianlyric on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:37AM (#22052615)

When I say message I’m think of the equivalent of a TCP packet. So you have a bunch of error checking and ACKs flying about. But only one message to actually move money.

Single message systems already exist, most US card transactions move over a single message system.

> there can’t be an option for mistakes!

This is where you’re wrong. Mistakes happen all the time when moving money, a big part of any banks operations is cleaning up those mistakes.

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Re:Stripe can make automatic LLCs but a wire transfer from C... by marcus_holmes on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:35AM (#22052899)

and yet the rest of the world manages to do this instantly

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