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Re:Coinbase S-1 by ceejayoz on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:17AM (#26263616)
How are you going to convert $0.001 to Euros?

Why is receiving $0.001 a matter of urgency that can't wait until tomorrow?

Re:Coinbase S-1 by koonsolo on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:21AM (#26263659)
Funny how this conversation started how crypto is slow and expensive, and now turned into slow and expensive is OK :P.

In a crypto world, you don't need to convert to Euros. Are we in a crypto world yet? No. Will we live in crypto world in the future? Maybe, when it's faster and cheaper ;).

Re:Coinbase S-1 by ceejayoz on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:18AM (#26264480)
It's a bit of both.

For the common transactions people make, crypto is both slow and expensive. I can Zelle someone instantly, for free. In the EU, Australia, etc., bank-to-bank transfers are similarly instant. I don't know that Bitcoin etc. ever get to totally free in this fashion, and it's probably 99.9% of most people's money transfer usage.

For the uncommon transactions - like the $50k international transfer you mention - slow tends to be OK, and it's likely gonna have some expense either way.

Short version: In contrived scenarios, Bitcoin may come out on top, but that's not likely to convince many people.

Re:Coinbase S-1 by yazaddaruvala on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:59PM (#26266674)
How many "common transactions" do people use "money" for?

All "common transactions" use credit (even when you use a debit card). The banks approve transactions quickly, but reconcile those transactions slowly.

It'll be the same for any crypto that takes off but needs to reconcile slowly.

Re:Coinbase S-1 by pwm on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:25PM (#26266222)
> Why is receiving $0.001 a matter of urgency that can't wait until tomorrow?

I'm not making a value judgement whether this is utopian or dystopian but imagine streaming money. Instead of paying for the use of something in advance and in coarse-grained chunks (driving through a tunnel, running on a treadmill in a gym, watching netflix, parking somewhere, etc...) you'd instead stream money throughout usage. On-demand with continuous settlement for the duration.