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by icebraining 4590 days ago
They have that, it's called VISA, Mastercard, etc.
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dllthomas 4590 days ago
Bitcoin promises to be cheaper, and to not require blessing of payer or payee.
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icebraining 4590 days ago
Yes, and one of the reasons BTC is cheaper is because it's a market, and not "a nice central-custodian system like that run by VISA, Mastercard" or any other monopolist.
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dllthomas 4590 days ago
Yes, but from the point of view of the people I am describing that is an implementation detail, not "the entire point."
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