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The Adam of all cryptocurrencies was invented more than a decade ago. Since the start of the internet and Jeff Bezos's glorious idea to start Amazon.com — lucky for us, not as Cadabra, which sounds like Cadaver — payment was a huge issue, especially fraud.
In the 1950s, credit cards were invented to solve the problem of carrying money bags with you. The first one was the Diners Card, which I still am a customer of today.

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It allowed the merchant to copy the credit card information quickly on paper and hand a copy to the customer to countersign it. Its most recognizable characteristic was this swish pop sound.

Before the invention of this funny machine completing the payment process was handwritten paperwork, which just was a long process. I remember customers waiting in the line complaining, “Oh no, another one with a credit card. Now we have to wait much, much longer.” And it was true, the merchant had to get the papers out, write everything down in a readable format, check the identity of the customer and the signature, and this was time-consuming. Payment with cash compared to that was a quick and easy process—so much room for improvement for smart entrepreneurs.


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Arthur Vasconcelos
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Só para ficar claro em relação ao "ele" -- ainda que intempestivamente Jan 17, 2023

Só para ficar claro, Oliver, o "it" ali diz, sim, respeito a uma "credit card imprinter".

Explico: na época desse concurso -- que infelizmente, sabe-se lá porque, não foi pra frente --, eu achei esse texto completo na internet (afinal a pesquisa é o braço direito do nosso ofício).

O texto na íntegra pode ser visto aqu
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Só para ficar claro, Oliver, o "it" ali diz, sim, respeito a uma "credit card imprinter".

Explico: na época desse concurso -- que infelizmente, sabe-se lá porque, não foi pra frente --, eu achei esse texto completo na internet (afinal a pesquisa é o braço direito do nosso ofício).

O texto na íntegra pode ser visto aqui: https://medium.com/technical-excellence/bitcoin-and-the-crystal-ball-307324ed7030 (se preferir, basta procurar no Gugu). Lá você pode confirmar o que estou dizendo. Além disso, o Diners era só um cartão de crédito, e não algo que "permitia que o comerciante copiasse os dados do cartão de crédito". Não faria sentido, concorda?

Enfim, achei importante deixar registrado aqui a minha réplica -- ainda que, novamente, de forma intempestiva.

Abraço

Enfim, só para não parecer que o meu comentário foi infundado.

Abraço
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