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Sometimes 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.
by blueskin_ 12y ago
Sometimes 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 12y 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.