Ethereum is not instant, but collateral could make it feel that way
When a payment app tells you a transfer is complete, you start making decisions. You hand over whatever youve sold, spend the money youve received, or close the app and get on with your day. That little confirmation you get is enough for you to stop thinking about whether the transaction worked. Related Asset Ethereum #2 ETH · $2,690.39 24-hour change: down 0.04% Loading price history… 24H Down 0.04% 7D Up 3.10% 30D Up 8.42% Crypto companies want to offer that reassurance almost instantly, even when the blockchain underneath still needs time to finish settling the payment. One way to do it is to have an operator promise the result early and put money behind that promise. Puffer, a company building transaction infrastructure for Ethereum, is working on a system like this. On Sept. 22, it announced that Google Cloud would operate a gateway, receiving transactions and guaranteeing their results before settlement. Puffers UniFi network would be the first to use it. Related Company Google An American multinational technology company Both UniFi and Puffer Preconf, the service issuing these guarantees, were still running in a testing environment as of Sept. 23, CEO Amir Forouzani told CryptoSlate. Their performance with customers putting real money through them








