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Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire (slashdot.org)
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He said that the tariff is $1 per barrel of oil, adding that empty tankers can pass freely. "Once the email arrives and Iran completes its assessment, vessels are given a few seconds to pay in Bitcoin, ensuring they can't be traced or confiscated due to sanctions," Hosseini added.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It takes 10 minutes to get a single confirmation, but I'm assuming that it takes more than 10 minutes for a ship to transit this waterway, so it wouldn't matter.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

I don't imagine trying to trick Iran out of their money is a particularly good long-term strategy anyway. Nothing unless you're going to turn up in a new ship every time.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the article says they have seconds to pay with bitcoin.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Something tells me the article doesn't understand the way Bitcoin works. A transaction takes 10 minutes to clear on-chain, unless you're using the lightning network, and the lightning network is fucking terrible, especially for high-value transactions like this. Because you can be rug-pulled. That and you can't send high-value transactions on a lightning network because every link in the chain has to have the proper amount of liquidity to make that transaction occur.