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Both Apple Pay and Google Pay use a technology called tokenization. Instead of sharing your real card number with merchants, they use a secure digital substitute.

🍎 Apple Pay
• Stores payment credentials in a secure chip.
• Uses a unique security code for transactions.
• Keeps your actual card number hidden from merchants.

🌐 Google Pay
• Uses digital payment tokens instead of real card numbers.
• Protects transactions through device security and tokenization.
• Helps keep sensitive card details private.

🔐 The main difference?
Apple Pay uses a dedicated Secure Element, while Google Pay combines device security with Google's payment services.

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Bitcoin's average block time is not a delivery promise for your payment.

Blocks arrive roughly every 10 minutes on average, but individual waits can be much shorter or longer. A transaction waiting for its first confirmation may also be delayed if its fee is below what the network is prioritizing.

Before treating a payment as settled, check its confirmation count—not just whether your wallet shows it as sent. Agree on the required confirmations with the recipient before transferring, especially for a large payment.

The risk: an unconfirmed transaction is not final. More confirmations make reversal increasingly difficult, but a countdown based on average block time cannot guarantee when they arrive.

Source: Bitcoin.org — https://bitcoin.org/en/you-need-to-know

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