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I tried sending XRP from one wallet to another, and it took a little more than a minute. Much much better than BTC, but still not credit cards...


It takes days for a credit card transaction to settle, and the buyer could file a chargeback and erase not only your profits but your cost basis. That (many cryptos) is a hell of a lot faster and more secure for a merchant.


2nd wave of recession incoming?


Dude, this is not a roaming tool...


Source?



Weren't everybody supposed to start moving to Oakland?


What's your point? People are moving to Oakland, and it's a lot easier to commute from Oakland to SF than from Oakland to Palo Alto or Menlo.


Companies, not people. (I'm assuming).


Why is country name enlisted in one line with city names?


Windows Metro was designed from the wrong angle. All that Apple needs to do is to enable iOS apps run on MacOSX. No UX change at all. And Mac users will get tons of quality apps overnight.

Sounds like a good concept to me.


It is not just the fear caused by lack of understanding.

I'd rather say - by the overwhelming financial amount Bitcoin has generated. No folks in power like to be overtaken. Strange things might happen when they realize they are not the top dogs anymore.


If you’re talking about the 1% they aren’t worried. The banks may have regulations, but most banks are owned by the Rothschild family. They can invest however they want since they are individuals.


I'm talking about this: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264905/top-10-banks-by-m...

No.1. bank on highest market caps list is JP Megan Chase with $311bn. Which is being overtaken by total Bitcoin capitalisation right now. I'm pretty sure members of the Rothschild family don't sleep well these days.


If you truly believe the 1% don’t know how to stay on top and pull strings so they always win then you’re dreaming.

It may just be a TV show, but Mr. Robot touches on this subject. Give it a try


By all means - I do believe!

I am worried the 1% will start pulling strings. That's the point.

I dropped Mr/ Robot after s01e02. There were too many depressing threads for me and my wife. Buy you're saying it is worth coming back to?


But they are already pulling strings just to slap each other and using us as pawns in the process. At least that’s the picture Mr. Robot is painting right now. It does have its dark moments, but I think it’s dark because the world it portrays isn’t that far off from our own.


I wouldn't say it is unlikely. There already is a run for Bitcoin. Cold calculation makes people take their savings and go for BTC.


The banking industry is many many orders of magnitude more than Bitcoin. It's extremely unlikely.


I hope you're right. Just purchased more BTC :)


I'm trying to find ETA for solving the issue, but they didn't post it on Twitter.

Anybody knows ETA?



They haven't posted any ETA yet.


They're getting up


30 mins they say


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