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Re:Show HN: Instant confirmation via Bitcoin payment protocol by tyho on Monday June 16, 2014 @04:21PM (#7901253)
How long before, because that would make it impossible for people to spend their coins at all during that period, which could be annoying.

Also, does this mean that to verify a transaction can be considered instant, the merchant has to check with your servers and there is no way of verifying this independently? Isn't this a serious privacy problem?

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Re:Show HN: Instant confirmation via Bitcoin payment protocol by BrokenPipe on Monday June 16, 2014 @04:30PM (#7901309)
We don't provide instant confirmation but that does not mean you can't spend your funds without it.

The minimum is 1 day or 144 blocks, default to 90 days, max is max block size.

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Re:Show HN: Instant confirmation via Bitcoin payment protocol by mikemoka on Monday June 16, 2014 @06:43PM (#7901901)
Hi Lawrence,

probably that is the right step toward solving the transaction speed,albeit by a slightly more centralized workaround,it reminds me of a comment I made almost a year from now:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6130813

great job ;)

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Re:Show HN: Instant confirmation via Bitcoin payment protocol by BrokenPipe on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @04:18AM (#7903340)
cheers!
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