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Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by magicalhippo on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:48AM (#31190572)
I might trust someone enough to give them $20. I might not trust someone enough to enter my credit card details on their webpage.
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Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by alpaca128 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:37AM (#31190902)
That's why we have things like paypal and temporary virtual credit cards.

Many kinds of fraud attack the fallible human element, not technology. And blockchains cannot change that, as you can see with a glance at crypto news.

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Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by HWR_14 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:00AM (#31190666)
The technical solution to that is temporary CC numbers, not a giant crypto chain.
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Re:Blockchain Is Dangerous Nonsense by magicalhippo on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:12AM (#31190756)
Sure, that's one technical solution, assuming you can get a card.

I was just trying to point out that trust is not binary.

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