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Board Announcements (Altcoins)
Re: [ANN][XCP] Counterparty Protocol, Client and Coin (built on Bitcoin) - Official
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freedomfighter
on 12/04/2014, 21:33:53 UTC
why would they swap? they cant risk a loss

Atomic cross-chain swap has zero risk attached. Zero. It is 100% trustless.

The pegging mechanism merely provides a mechanism for market makers to adjust supply of sidecoins based on demand.

I must be missing something here.

In a previous post you wrote that :"we should expect a peg transaction to take at least 2-3 days to fully clear,[/font] depending on the final choice of parameters".

My previous post was based on this.

To me this means that if I am a vendor selling or buying a real asset for a sidecoin- or a future DAC performing a contractual obligation, that even if a commitment was made- that no transaction will be executed before the 2-3 days full clearance. if not than what is the significance of the 2-3 days? let it be something to disregard in the background. but in real world of contracts and assets this cant be disregarded.

1) am I missing the point here?

2) the same with converting sidecoins back to btc because I want fiat. can i sell my btc after swapping even without the 2-3 days full clearance period?