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Re:At the Bored Ape restaurant, your ApeCoin is no good now by logifail on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:33AM (#31874093)
> credit card terminal likely might not have either

There's a process for taking the details for an offline credit card payment[0] which is settled later.

[0] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/8322/how-are-cr...

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Re:At the Bored Ape restaurant, your ApeCoin is no good now by prvit on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:55AM (#31874215)
Bitcoin also lets you sign transactions offline, which the recipient can broadcast next time they have an internet connection.

A wire transfer is really a more apt comparison when discussing sending money from Coinbase.

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