Moving Bitcoin: Risk and opportunity cost of confirmations

Good things come to those who wait,” they say. Except for cryptocurrency traders.

Waiting for blocks that are filled to the brim to confirm multiple times is fairly painful. The wait for accounts to be credited on exchanges all the while watching prices plummet makes patience very costly. On the upside, this also means getting in at an opportune time is also potentially lost due to confirmation delays.

In this In-Depth, Copper looks as some of the most volatile days in Bitcoin and what the cost would be from the decision to sell or buy, to actually being able to execute.

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