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by hggh 1957 days ago
You don't need fast settlements for most payments (cheaper than a car). Bitcoin (BTC) transactions used to be irreversible (the proof-of-work needed to double-spend was too much for such amounts), until they ruined it by implementing return-by-fee (RBF). Fortunately Bitcoin Cash (BCH) keeps the original implementation, usually less than a second zero-conf transactions and no RBF.