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by elenchev 300 days ago
Steam used to accept BTC payments in 2016 but they didn't want to deal with the probabilistic finality of bitcoin so they quickly removed the btc option. previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30478262
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ipaddr 300 days ago
In 2016 this wasn't a solved problem but today it is
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noman-land 300 days ago
How is it fixed today? I'm not in the bitcoin game but doesn't the transaction have to be mined and that takes at least 10 minutes?
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ipaddr 300 days ago
The landscape of third party companies who offer transaction insurance has increased. With bitcoin you have the lightning network.
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bigyabai 300 days ago
The lightning network is a "solution" to Bitcoin in the same way that buying a new car fixes the old one.
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