4 ms·
Too slow? It's faster than money, how is it too slow?
by gnaritas 13y ago
Too slow? It's faster than money, how is it too slow?
- blueskin_ 13y agoSometimes I've had to wait 15-30 min for multiple confirmations. Standing around in a shop for that long would not only suck, but be completely impractical.
- gnaritas 13y agoCredit cards take 90+ days to confirm; any shop making you wait for a single confirmation is doing it wrong. A zero conformation broadcast to the network with verification that several nodes have seen it is more than enough for POS uses and is near instantaneous.