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> Steam/bitpay don't wait for transaction for put money into your steam wallet

The guy who made the reddit announcement had to wait 1day+ because his txn didn't get the 6 confirmations. Compared to that, my visa txn took approximately.. 10 seconds? While I was in Lahore, Pakistan.

> No exchange rates are involved in any meaningful way.

That's a dishonest statement to make.

> A lot of people don't have debit cards.

That's what you think. Its trivial for anyone who wants to get one (and doesn't have a criminal background) to get one.

If you mean people who don't know how to open a bank account, they're even less likely to know how private / public key encryption works and use bitcoin.

> A lot of kids

Gift cards.



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