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Re: [ANN] Mt.Gox launches the definitive bitcoin checkout solution.
by
adamstgBit
on 13/12/2012, 04:57:52 UTC
Is anyone using this on their site?

I did a test order on my friend's site for $0.20 17mins ago, and it shows one confirmation so far.
The bitcoins someone sent me 30mins ago is at three confirmations so far.
Is someone supposed to sit at the confirmation page for 30-60 minutes for confirmation
for six?

What exactly are these confirmations and why is this taking so long? I'd assume this would
get a lot of complaints.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Confirmation

Bitcoin POS system's is still not quite where it should be...

the confirmations should be transparent to the customers, their is no reason it can't be. If the TX is fraudulent the POS will find out after a few confirmation and can cancel the order, this should happen under the hood. the user should be notified "thank you for your payment" with 0 Confirmations.