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edent ◴[] No.26714541[source]
The UK already has faster payments in all major banks. I can send and receive money instantly from app or Web. Will yours be as fast as that?

The UK has a problem with authorised push payment fraud. Banks can recover funds which have been sent as a result of phishing / fraud. How can I reverse a payment on your platform if it was fraudulent?

The UK also has receiver verification. If I try to send to an account and it doesn't match the name I'm sending to, my bank will warn me. How do you stop impersonation?

There's no cost to sending payments on most mainstream banks. How much do you charge?

Most banks let the user block receiving payments from specific accounts. How do you stop harassers sending unwanted money?

Thanks!

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josh2600 ◴[] No.26714731[source]
>>The UK already has faster payments in all major banks. I can send and receive money instantly from app or Web. Will yours be as fast as that?

A: MobileCoin is as fast (or faster in some cases) than a bank payment in the UK with greater privacy. As far as settling back to Fiat, if that's what you're asking about, the velocity of that depends on on-ramp and off-ramp integrations which will come over time (but it looks like there's no reason MobileCoin can't help developers deliver payments at the same speed as banks).

>>The UK has a problem with authorised push payment fraud. Banks can recover funds which have been sent as a result of phishing / fraud. How can I reverse a payment on your platform if it was fraudulent?

A: Payments on MobileCoin cannot be reversed at the protocol level. If you want escrow and reversibility, you should use a wallet or payment service that supports those primitives. We believe that developers will build such services on top of the foundation of the MobileCoin protocol.

>>The UK also has receiver verification. If I try to send to an account and it doesn't match the name I'm sending to, my bank will warn me. How do you stop impersonation?

A: Signal relies on phone numbers for identities. Other apps that integrate MobileCoin may have a higher threshold for identification.

>>There's no cost to sending payments on most mainstream banks. How much do you charge?

A: Fees are set by the foundation (which has a stated goal of keeping transaction fees to around $.04 when the network isn't congested). Currently fees are higher as they need to be adjusted by a foundation vote.

>>Most banks let the user block receiving payments from specific accounts. How do you stop harassers sending unwanted money?

A: Signal doesn't allow people you haven't keypaired with to send you funds. If you have accepted a message request from someone, they can send you money.

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1. qqii ◴[] No.26718507[source]
Who is in the foundation and what does the governance look like? Is there a plan to expand governance to the community?

I know the next question is signal specific but do you have any details on how they'll maintain privacy for pegging which is likely just to require an on/off ramp. Surely this is just no better if the majority of transactions have an associated log on an exchange?