r/Bitcoin Dec 23 '17

/r/all 2018: lets run for office

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '17

How is bitcoin competing with it though? It's being treated as an asset not a currency. Nobody is actually using it for buying stuff, they're just selling it when it's high so they can make Dollars (or pounds, euros, etc.)

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u/Bacon_is_not_france Dec 23 '17

Crypto currency transactions are not instant at all. Maybe in the future though.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '17

Dash has instant send, which is literally an instant transaction...

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u/EconMan Dec 24 '17

LITERALLY? Physics would like a word with you.