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		axus on Jan 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Canadian payroll dependency chart Crypto-currency was a test-run for what happens when you put a financial transaction API on the public Internet. And those servers were written by smart people with no regulatory compliance to worry about.

franga2000 on Jan 2, 2024 | [–]

Cryptocurrency is so wildly different from normal money in so many ways, that any attempt to look at just the "open API" aspect of it is futile.

Or do you see any conclusions about "money APIs" that can be reasonably made from crypto?

cachvico on Jan 3, 2024 | [–]

Result is a massive ecosystem, so yes it proves the point (regulation aside).

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