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Comment by CalmStorm

Since it is a micropayment, it is possible (or acceptable) to accept payment with zero confirmation (in less than 10 seconds), as pointed out by Satoshi in the "Bitcoin snack machine" post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=423.msg3819#msg3819

Yes, there is a risk of double-spending, but since this is a small amount, the cost of the attack may be higher than the benefit. The payment processor can also deploy more full nodes in different geographic locations to monitor and detect potential double-spending transactions in the transaction memory pool.

parent CalmStorm 6 years ago

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