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Re:Bitcoin - When you can and can’t rely on 0 confirmations by officialjunk on Friday April 18, 2014 @08:24AM (#7608891)
by design, we shouldn't rely on 0 confirmations. the strength of bitcoin lies in the blockchain; without any confirmations, we were back to trust, etc
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Re:Bitcoin - When you can and can’t rely on 0 confirmations by BrokenPipe on Friday April 18, 2014 @08:32AM (#7608917)
Bitpay uses 0 confirmation and listens to the network before accepting payments but as you say this is may prove to not be sufficient.
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