Finality does not exist in payments

Re:Finality does not exist in payments by lxgr on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:47PM (#30355792)

> It's a tool, but not a silver bullet. Mixers exist, for example.

Definitely, but I don't think that mixers would be considered an acceptable "excuse" for dubious coin origin.

> The key holder has the ultimate power to simply throw away the key. There is no recourse for that.

True, but what is the utility of that?

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Re:Finality does not exist in payments by beaned on Friday February 18, 2022 @07:50PM (#30393319)

Not talking about coin origin are we.

I suppose the point is to not have something seized from you which you do not want taken.

Anyway, these questions are now outside of/unrelated to common sense understanding of what a "finalized" payment is.

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