{"id":19375,"date":"2019-03-04T17:24:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T09:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/?p=19375"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:35:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:35:24","slug":"6-hour-coffee-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-dash-instant-send","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/6-hour-coffee-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-dash-instant-send\/","title":{"rendered":"6-HOUR COFFEE, OR: \u201cHOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE Dash INSTANT SEND\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19376\" src=\"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-10.21.44-AM-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.dash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-10.21.44-AM-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/media.dash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-10.21.44-AM-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/media.dash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-10.21.44-AM.png 827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>TL;DR: \u201cINSTANT SEND\u201d IS A FEATURE IN DASH THAT GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE IN SECONDS THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS GOOD WITHOUT WAITING MINUTES OR HOURS FOR CONFIRMATION.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u201cLet\u2019s just open up this bitcoin wallet, and \u2014 \u201d<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">There I was, standing with drooping, glazed-eyes, waiting in line at my local bitcoin-accepting coffee shop. 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