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Design a payment gateway (Stripe) — idempotency, ledger accuracy.

Tests whether you know how to guarantee exactly-once money movement and an auditable ledger under retries and failures. Asked at: Stripe, PayPal, Amazon

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Design a payment gateway (Stripe) — idempotency, ledger accuracy.

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