Bitcoin block confirmation times have a Poisson distribution with expected value of 10 minutes but it's unbounded.https://twitter.com/bitfinex/status/747891546058457089 …
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Replying to @patio11
"What?" "We built a global payment network which sometimes cold stops for an hour." "What bug causes that?" "No that's working as intended."
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"What's your plan for fixing this and letting my transaction through?" "That's a nonsensical question -- one does not 'fix' math."
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"So my only option is occasionally waiting an hour." "Might work?" "What?" "You seem to think a Poisson distribution cares about time."
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you’re ignoring the fact that their txn might not get mined because they guessed fees wrong or were unlucky or miners were selfish
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Or it could get mined and confirmed then unconfirmed after a block reorganization, which is my favorite part.
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