225 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 1 Feb \ on: Mercury layer AMA bitcoin
From a practical standpoint: How quickly can transactions be done? Instant?
Effectively instant. Each send requires 3 rounds (3 server calls by the client) and negligible computation. This is a few hundred milliseconds over clearnet, a couple seconds over Tor.
Receive is only 2 calls, but you have to verify the full chain of signatures, but still less than a second.
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