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Re:Casa Client Case Study: The Tinder Trap by devit on Friday July 09, 2021 @11:11AM (#27784481)
Transactions have to be irreversible so that law enforcement is impossible, which is the main selling point of cryptocurrencies.

Of course that's a downside if you are the one who would like law enforcement to happen (either because you are the victim of a theft or you want to enforce on others).

Also fraud can be done with reversible transactions as well, in particular the reversal can be fraudulent; in general, reversible transactions are only really effective if the conveyance of whatever was paid for is also reversible.

Re:Casa Client Case Study: The Tinder Trap by Nursie on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:33PM (#27786220)
Reversible transactions are effective at building trust in situations where you don’t trust the merchant.

If I can reverse a transaction if I get ripped off, I might consider using a smaller or newer vendor. If I can’t then no chance, I’m sticking to the one I trust, even if they don’t have what I want.

Reversible payment methods are a huge boon to merchants, whether they realise it or not.

Re:Casa Client Case Study: The Tinder Trap by linspace on Friday July 09, 2021 @11:32AM (#27784722)
I thought that the selling point was avoiding centralization. I suppose some measures could be implemented to avoid robbery.