CASH APP: No transaction fees but not your keys neither

in HODL4 years ago

It seems that someone is starting to think of solutions to avoid the expensive fees of sending BITCOIN to a different wallet than their own.
Or rather, someone begins to see business opportunities on the problem.
Cash App offers the service of sending BITCOIN free of fees to any other wallet of another Cash App user .

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How do they do that?

Obviously they are not using the blockchain as they should. Let's say that they carry out the transaction within their internal Database between users of the application.
I suppose that at a certain point, when the BITCOIN available in the coffers of this company decreases or when the fees are low enough to be able to do it without losing too much, Cash App will simply buy the BITCOIN again using the blockchain.

Advantage:

There is no need to worry about fees as long as you send a minimum of 1000 satoshis

Disadvantages:

  • All these transactions are carried out centrally by a third entity ==> RISK
  • It is only allowed to send BTC between users of the application ==> Business

In my opinion, this is not the solution we are looking for, although obviously the Cash App entrepreneurs have thought that it is attractive enough so that they can get hold of the BITCOINS of all those who have not understood what "be your own bank" means.

Real Layer two solutions will emerge in order to solve the costly transaction fees eventually but this one does not look appropriate.

Not your keys not your Bitcoin.


@toofasteddie

*Disclaimer: This is just my personal point of view, please, do your own assessment and act consequently. Neither this post nor myself is responsible of any of your profit/losses obtained as a result of this information.


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The guys at Bit2Me implemented this long ago. You do not pay transactions between users of their service.

Yep, I read about it

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Es muy interesante porque ademas... mmm estoy pensando que assi a lo tonto, uno lo puede convertir "sin querer" en un mixer. Si es gratis mover, y dejas tu saldo a 0 con alguien de confianza que mande a otro y ese otro a ti... seria interesante comprobar si uno saca finalmete el mismo BTC el que tenia otro o un "1000 leches"

Tienes codigo o enlace referido? voy a ver si la cato

No, y tampoc me hace gracia esta solucion...

There is a trade-off between security and convenience when holding cryptocurrency tokens. I see that you prefer more convenience (and some revenue) over security by using a third-party wallet. 🕵️‍♂🤔

You can still use a third-party wallet without compromising a lot of security by using open-source apps which host your private keys for you, but they are stored encrypted on their servers and cannot be decrypted without using your password. Just be careful not to lose your password, since there will be no "Forgot Password" in this case. 🕵️‍♂️

@chrisrice