Re:Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere d...
by samwestdev on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:47AM
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how does the p2p payment app work? No middle man?
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Re:Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere d...
by geza on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:14AM
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Ah I meant P2P in the "from user to user with no transaction fees charged, doesn't go through Visa/Mastercard/Unionpay" sense (similar to Venmo, except that in China businesses accept it everywhere), not in the "fully decentralized and doesn't need a server" sense. For Zhifubao the servers are run by Ant Financial (it's a spin-off company of Alibaba), for WeChat the servers are run by Tencent. You can deposit/withdraw money to your bank account.
I'm assuming you're probably more interested in the new digital RMB wallet technology which supposedly works even if your phone doesn't have internet access, but I'm not familiar with how that is implemented (I'm guessing it uses blockchain and broadcasts the transactions later when you connect to the internet). There's some info about it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi#Digital_Renminbi
Re:Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere d...
by _-___________-_ on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:19AM
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Zhifubao is better known as Alipay outside of China.