Special thanks to @Visa and @Mastercard for sticking it out until the 11th hour. The pressure has been intense (understatement), and I respect their decision to wait until there’s regulatory clarity for @Libra_ to proceed, vs. the invoked threats (by many) on their biz.
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Hard to argue against that. Although it’s a tad more than vaporware...
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Don’t threaten governments by pushing a new basket currency Make Libra currency agnostic Make the chain support multiple currencies (


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Let users transmit any currency they choose
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PayPal et. al. already do this.
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Very different. There's no way to transfer a PayPal digital dollar to Square Cash and then to WhatsApp or even an indie wallet. What if you could take the Libra blockchain & replace the Libra basket currency w/


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PayPal could easily put their own "money" into a blockchain database controlled solely by them and share it to be implemented by others. It's the same. The technology itself is nothing if not used well, you have to let it go. It's the 101 of crypto. Decentralize.
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The point of Libra is it won’t be Facebook’s blockchain but rather one run by a consortium of 100 corporations and eventually one run by many individuals in a PoS system (at least in theory). This is nothing like your scenario.
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The difference is you have to trust Facebook word on that statement. I just prefer not too. even if true, I prefer not to trust any of the 28 (now even less) companies. As they say, don't trust, verify. We now have the possibility to do it, like we never could in the past.
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Not for the unbanked Nick. Still too costly and UX is horrible. My grandma can't use.
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My grandma can.
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People seem to have never read your teachings on the blog you write. If the
@Libra_ project had read, it would know how to bypass the system by eliminating points of failure.#buybitcoin The good thing the project Libra has left a large open source infrastructure to be explored.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Bitcoin is the worst medium of exchange. Pick any 2nd gen crypto.. And it'll scale, be cheaper and more efficient than BTC.
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What happened to the sov meme?
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Yes, crappy medium of exchange beats, non existent medium of exchange any day. And if Bitcoin ever does become a better one, it would be banned, regulated because of the dangers inherent for society.
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True. It just needs an hour to settle (if lucky, read if blocks are not jammed up).
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