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Re:Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out ... by brown9-2 on Friday January 29, 2021 @08:34PM (#25965120)
Why? What service actually transfers your money instantly? None does.
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Re:Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out ... by zepolen on Friday January 29, 2021 @08:41PM (#25965165)
Cryptocurrency.
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Re:Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out ... by serf on Friday January 29, 2021 @10:13PM (#25965656)
which ones?

btc transfers are pretty far from instant, by design.

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Re:Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out ... by zepolen on Thursday February 11, 2021 @03:44PM (#26106882)
Nano. Feeless, instant and energy efficient.
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Re:Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out ... by thinkmassive on Friday January 29, 2021 @11:48PM (#25966193)
On chain, sure, but Lightning is pretty close to instant
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Re:Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out ... by Vecr on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:11PM (#25970785)
Yeah, but with lightning you really need enough value along the network path(s) to execute a transaction, possibly causing a similar thing as this to happen. I still think it would be an improvement though, as enthusiastic buyers could expand the network and get their buys through.
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Re:Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out ... by ric2b on Sunday January 31, 2021 @12:56PM (#25980846)
> Yeah, but with lightning you really need enough value along the network path(s) to execute a transaction, possibly causing a similar thing as this to happen.

It's atomic, it either completes 100% or it fails, there's no partial state where the money gets stuck in one of the middle-nodes.

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