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Digital coins are borderless and much faster than banks and borderless than banks. But dealing with traders can be unnerving in a system that inherently won’t allow refunds and is unforgiving of human error. In 2019, the Bitcoin (BTC) network still goes through days with a significant backlog of transactions, adding to the wait times. The wait for having your transaction mined and confirmed may take hours. Double-spending can also occur due to bugs in the coin’s protocol.