Re:EU draft proposes identity requirement for cryptocurrency...
by analog31 on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:59PM
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How can a consumer possibly understand smart contracts to the point where they even know if there's any protection? It would be wiser to assume that the payment has gone into a black hole.
Re:EU draft proposes identity requirement for cryptocurrency...
by csee on Friday February 18, 2022 @04:05PM
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You could make a site that provides the nice UI and charges a fee.
Re:EU draft proposes identity requirement for cryptocurrency...
by Animats on Friday February 18, 2022 @04:13PM
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There's a startup idea. The crypto answer to PayPal.
Re:EU draft proposes identity requirement for cryptocurrency...
by analog31 on Friday February 18, 2022 @04:08PM
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Paying someone else to eat a risk is the time honored way. I've already got PayPal. What ultimately makes transactions reversible with regular money is that a person can manually override the ledger.
Re:EU draft proposes identity requirement for cryptocurrency...
by fallingknife on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:57PM
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If you choose to send money to an anonymous wallet for goods or services that have not yet been delivered, that's on you. The government can't eliminate stupidity with legislation.
That could be done with a smart contract. When you buy something with a cryptocurrency, the funds go into lockup for, say, 30 days. With no action by either party, funds are released to the seller after 30 days. If the buyer wants to dispute the transaction, they can trigger an arbitration hold by sending a message to the smart contract. The seller can then give up anonymity and go to arbitration or court, or abandon the transaction.