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That's why payments typically take a few days to clear. Bitcoin is designed for instantaneous payments with no rollback, which is an anti-feature.
by lukeschlather 9y ago
That's why payments typically take a few days to clear. Bitcoin is designed for instantaneous payments with no rollback, which is an anti-feature.
- gizmo686 9y agoBitcoin explicitly does not have instantaneous payments. The standard view is to wait for 6 blocks before considering a transaction as "confirmed" Confirming a transaction at 0 blocks leaves you open to a very low cost double spend attack.