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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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La criptomoneda primigenia se inventó hace más de diez años.
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Lara Garau
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Gracias a ella
Flows well
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Karol Tapia de Moya, MSc.
todo por su inconfundible chasquido al deslizars
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Gilda Martinez
Antes de la invención de esta curiosa máquina, los pagos se tramitaban a mano en un largo proceso de papeleo. Aún recuerdo las quejas de los compradores en las colas de caja:
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Lara Garau
«¡Mala suerte!, otro que paga con tarjeta y para toda la fila».
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Lara Garau
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menos mal
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Antes de la invención de esta peculiar máquina para completar el proceso de pago, este se realizaba de forma manuscrita, lo que tomaba mucho tiempo.
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Lara Garau
ra así, porque el comerciante tenía que sacar la documentación correspondiente, escribir todo de forma legible, verificar la identidad del cliente y su firma... era un proceso interminable
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Lara Garau
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todo esto era muy laborioso: el comerciante tenía que sacar los papeles, anotar todo en un formato legible y comprobar la identidad del cliente,
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Lara Garau
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Antes de que se inventara este aparatito curioso, se completaba el proceso de pago manualmente
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Lara Garau