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by eternauta3k 3238 days ago
> There's also been quite a lot of price divergence between exchanges because people can't transfer their BCH between exchanges.

Sounds like an opportunity for exchanges to do off-chain transfers using legal contracts.

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It is significantly harder and more expensive to do those off-chain transfers in practice.

I should know: I'm actively trying to sell BCH right now with just that kind of mechanism. What would have otherwise been a few clicks on a screen is proving to be hours worth of back-and-forth, and that's for a relatively small deal with a large degree of trust on both sides.