user130789: When it says transactions takes up to 10 minutes, Why do it take more then two minutes when you transfer money into another account

user63872: On average, it is always ten minutes until the next bitcoin block will be mined. However, there are ways to transact bitcoin without waiting for a bitcoin transaction that includes your payment to be included in a block. For example, you can use the lightning network, which allows near-instant payment confirmation for network participants.
Technologies like the lightning network move payments to a 'higher level' network, which is made secure by the strong settlement guarantees of the bitcoin network. Waiting 10-30 minutes for settlements that reconcile a huge number of individual payments from the higher level network is a much more reasonable architecture, compared to waiting 10-30 minutes for each and every payment to confirm.

130789: <p>When it says transactions takes up to 10 minutes, Why do it take more then two minutes when you transfer money into another account</p>
 63872: <p>On average, it is always ten minutes until the next bitcoin block will be mined. However, there are ways to transact bitcoin without waiting for a bitcoin transaction that includes your payment to be included in a block. For example, you can use the <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/48283/what-is-the-lightning-network-proposal-what-problem-is-it-trying-to-solve">lightning network</a>, which allows near-instant payment confirmation for network participants.</p>
<p>Technologies like the lightning network move payments to a 'higher level' network, which is made secure by the strong settlement guarantees of the bitcoin network. Waiting 10-30 minutes for settlements that reconcile a huge number of individual payments from the higher level network is a much more reasonable architecture, compared to waiting 10-30 minutes for each and every payment to confirm.</p>
