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by dx034 2559 days ago
10 seconds sounds longer than current credit card payments? I could imagine that to be a barrier in some situations.
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This will be the base layer. They expect custodial wallets and payment channels on top (in Bitcoin terms exchange wallets and lightning network).

See the Libra blockchain paper, section 8:

> We anticipate that many payment transactions will occur off-chain, for example, within a custodial wallet or by using payment channels [45]