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Re:Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone by riskable on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:44AM (#30260685)
Sure would be nice if Apple and Google got together to accept each other's systems. Or even better: If there was a standard that let any device send money with any other device (using compatible hardware).

Imagine if there was a regulation that required interoperability. Or if the banks were forced to allow (authenticated) payments between systems without transaction fees.

We're 20 years overdue for this.

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Re:Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone by TAKEMYMONEY on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @12:24PM (#30261326)
Some kind of permissionless transactions on a decentralized ledger? I don't think the technology exists.
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Re:Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone by asadlionpk on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @01:45PM (#30262611)
Maybe we will have something like that once "crypto" dies.
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Re:Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone by sweetbitter on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @01:55PM (#30262770)
Why would peer to peer cash a la Monero die as long as you can make a connection with TLS though? You probably refer to the uninformed retail investor hype more than anything else.
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