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fauria | 5 months ago

Honest question: what kind of problem does this solve?

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fcantournet|5 months ago

It solves a problem for Stripe : potentially evading some incoming regulations in payments in the UK/EU (and U.S probably).

Regulations in payments tend to be very technical, and inserting some crypto/distributed plausible deniability in the mix could get them 5 more years of delay (until the next generation of regulations). It will depend on how those regulations take shape in the coming months.

it_citizen|5 months ago

Second line of the page:

> Stablecoins enable instant, borderless, programmable transactions, but current blockchain infrastructure isn’t designed for them: existing systems are either fully general or trading-focused. Tempo is a blockchain designed and built for real-world payments.

What is different in the details, no idea.

Zanfa|5 months ago

Once you take into account AML and KYC laws, which will obviously be enforced should this gain any sort of adoption. What will be different in practice?

garbthetill|5 months ago

cheap fees, cross border payment without relying on legacy platforms like visa and mastercard. Also the added benefit of programmability