It's probably instant for the 99%. I don't think people are willing to handle the security and technical aspect of Bitcoin. They'll hand these details to a service like Coinbase, which will have merchant APIs and accept transactions instantly.
In this case we fell far short of that goal (some transactions were delayed for a number of days), and for that I am truly sorry
Uhhh... you were saying? If you fail to understand the technical aspects of the technology you're building a business on, be ready for it to bite you in the ass in obscure ways.
Any implementation of Bitcoin will have "leaky abstractions".
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It's probably instant for the 99%. I don't think people are willing to handle the security and technical aspect of Bitcoin. They'll hand these details to a service like Coinbase, which will have merchant APIs and accept transactions instantly.
http://blog.coinbase.com/post/43285532179/unconfirmed-transa...
In this case we fell far short of that goal (some transactions were delayed for a number of days), and for that I am truly sorry
Uhhh... you were saying? If you fail to understand the technical aspects of the technology you're building a business on, be ready for it to bite you in the ass in obscure ways.
Any implementation of Bitcoin will have "leaky abstractions".