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This tweet made the point about speed more explicitly https://nitter.dark.fail/_geonic/status/1379965832369823744#m https://nitter.dark.fail/_geonic/status/1379

• qqii 6y ago
  As the article describes you cannot spend any transaction until a fixed number of block confirmations. This is a non issue if you already have coins in your wallet but it's not a very pleasant first time experience.
  • ac29 6y ago
    But is ~20 minutes really such a deal breaker? For secure person to person payments, this really seems good enough. The network doesn't need to facilitate high frequency trading or something.