@kevinriggle @Wombative you may want to tell that to all the people working on in-person payments
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@bascule@Wombative Wish I could quote full paras on Twitter; would quote the one mentioning the Praekelt Foundation in article you linked.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@bascule@Wombative Speed is not the problem. Currency risk is not the problem. Solving real people's real problems is.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@kevinriggle@Wombative yeah, bingo. Bitcoin is still looking for product/market fit outside illegal transactions1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @bascule
@bascule@Wombative Yeah, it's struggling to cross the chasm from early adopters to early majority.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @kevinriggle
@kevinriggle@Wombative I think Bitcoin's slow transaction speed will keep it from ever seeing mainstream adoption...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@kevinriggle@Wombative ...instead the "spawn of BitTorrent" (e.g. SCP) are more likely to be viable replacements to existing systems1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@bascule@Wombative Agree the second-gen systems look better, but I think speed is a secondary issue except inasmuch as it affects UX.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@kevinriggle@Wombative who wants to wait around 10 minutes for a transaction to complete? It's a huge step backward in UX2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@bascule@Wombative People still mail checks. Western Union, ACH, paycheck cashing. Lots of business which doesn't require instant xfer.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@kevinriggle @Wombative except they want real money, not funny money. How do they get real money? ACH from a Bitcoin gateway...
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@bascule@Wombative Bitreserve http://bitreserve.org0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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