Re: Just off the wire

On 11/1/14 7:11 AM, Stephane Boyera wrote:
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>
>> Was kind of confused after reading that!
> in case you want to know, I'm also confused. We had a good interview 
> with the guy, but the overall output is misleading in many ways imho.
> Obviously the point that anything will be done before sept 2017 is a 
> complete misunderstanding. This is the date of the end of the group.
>
> the message I've tried to make and didn't get through is that:
> *the group is not setup to standardize bitcoin or crypto-currencies in 
> general
> *the objective is to enable more easily payments with bitcoin and 
> alike as a payment instrument, together with other legacy instruments
> *the group is likely to focus first on the major issues e-commerce is 
> facing today: fraud and card abandonment. This is were the need is, 
> this is were the demand is and this is were we have resources in the 
> group as of now. wallet is one way for of adressing this
>
> I'm surely convinced that bitcoin and crypto-currencies are the major 
> innovation in payment in the last decade. But at this point in time, I 
> feel it is still in the innovation space, and not yet in the 
> standardization space. I'm sure the time will come, but I've not seen 
> yet any major player coming to the group with specific needs for 
> standardization.
>
> steph

Why not make a blog post to counter this most misleading article? 
Message management is crucial, in scenarios such as this.


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