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Re:Show HN: Instant confirmation via Bitcoin payment protocol by dublinben on Monday June 16, 2014 @02:21PM (#7900588)
I would be incredibly careful of trusting any new BTC trust protocols this week, with the ongoing 51% threat from GHash.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/bitcoin-security-gua...

Re:Show HN: Instant confirmation via Bitcoin payment protocol by BrokenPipe on Monday June 16, 2014 @02:32PM (#7900650)
reminds me of this comment on reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/284me8/instant_conf...

Not to dismiss the 51% issue but that would affect all transactions, this -'instant protocol' is on top of bitcoin, not in replacement of.

Re:Show HN: Instant confirmation via Bitcoin payment protocol by LyndsySimon on Monday June 16, 2014 @03:54PM (#7901106)
Ongoing? Their network skate had dropped substantially.