> When you say "get their asses kicked", you mean in terms of performance right? Depends on what you mean by "performance". It could be latency: high frequency

> When you say "get their asses kicked", you mean in terms of performance right? Depends on what you mean by "performance". It could be latency: high frequency traders (HFTs) could probably be happy if their order data is protected for "only" an hour if it means dropping latency from (e.g.) 42 nanoseconds down to 24. An hour ago for some trading platforms is stale as a decade ago.