Selling into and out of this chain would have the effect of buying and selling BTC for USD, however, no USD would change hands. All settlement would use BTC.

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This following shows our current and planned expectations concerning maximum likely chain-reorganisation depth. We would not consider transactions within this depth to have an exceptionally high chance of being permanent. These are our own expectations only and do not constitute any sort of guarantee.

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