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Re:21 Makes Bitcoin Useful to Developers by krrrh on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:07AM (#11627500)
The corollary is that you consume an API that charges you Bitcoin. You don't notice right away, but something goes wrong, and API returns bad or null data for thousands of requests, meanwhile you are still micropaying Bitcoin. You ask for a refund, but the company running the API doesn't respond to your emails.

The threat of chargebacks disciplines the market to provide reasonable customer service.

Re:21 Makes Bitcoin Useful to Developers by kordless on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @04:17PM (#11631402)
This is why we'll be using ACs to pay for things. Load up an autonomous corporation with $5, make its job paying for API calls. If something goes South, it's last job is to pay an alert mechanism that triggers a human response.

These models turn existing models on their heads, so be aware of other pitfalls. Productive paranoia is good, but only practice it after you innovate first.