The best way to talk to Ternovskiy is through some kind of digital intermediary.

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But until Bitcoin, all digital cash schemes were hobbled by a reliance on an intermediary to handle the double spending problem.

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Bitcoin, without an intermediary, already solves P2P marketplace payment issues with a decentralized P2P digital currency that is both fair to buyers with optional anonymity and fair to sellers with finality of payment.

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