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But if you can access to information from an exchange halfway across the world faster than others, you can definitely trade on that.

• de_watcher 6y ago
  And if you can break the speed of light, you don't need a second exchange.
  • garmaine 6y ago
    It’s quite easy to “break” the speed of light in fiberoptic glass.
    • deleted 6y ago
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    • de_watcher 6y ago
      But it's not that useful even if you pour a glass cube over the whole exchange to slow it down.
    • peteretep 6y ago
      > It’s quite easy to “break” the speed of light in fiberoptic glass. I don’t understand this, why? Does light travel faster than the speed of light in fibre optic glass?
      • Dylan16807 6y ago
        "the speed of light in fiberoptic glass" is the thing being broken.