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Re:Payments 101 for a Developer by simpsond on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:32PM (#35720890)
That sounds like a protocol. It would be nice. Someone got downvoted for mentioning Bitcoin, but blockchains are protocols capable of transferring value.
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Re:Payments 101 for a Developer by no_wizard on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:47PM (#35721002)
Honestly this was their initial promise when the community was super niche, it was two things:

- Normalized money transfers independent of the regular financial system

- Reducing currency interchange fees

Bitcoin was suppose to be this electronic ledger store for valuation to facilitate these things, as I recall.

Really got away from itself

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Re:Payments 101 for a Developer by albybisy on Thursday April 27, 2023 @03:20PM (#35733235)
Stellar could be this open-network/protocol for transferring value. I don't see a lot of developers talking about it, but it's really really a good tool for this use case and i think it will be :)
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