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Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by jrvarela56 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:06PM (#32502955)
Whoever comes up with a way to encode this dynamic in a smart contract(s) could make a killing - or at least raise a lot of money hehe.
Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by searchableguy on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:48PM (#32503352)
Plenty of escrow services exist to resolve this and there are a few variation of on-chain court for dispute handling such as kleros.

The reality is very few people know they can chargeback and most use debt & instant payment option for low ticket high volume transactions.

If something was holding crypto from being used to pay for daily essentials, it is not charge back ability.

Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by guntab-dan on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:14PM (#32504002)
Yep this is true. I work in online escrow. It's basically the original "smart contract", and until we are able to reliably digitize purchase events it's hard to beat. I have friends who talk about smart contracts, not understanding that it's currently very difficult for a computer to recognize events like "buyer has taken possession of merchandise", whereas it's pretty easy for a human.
Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by Gigachad on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:32PM (#32503191)
The dynamic is having some trusted 3rd party to manage disputes. Which defeats the point of crypto.
Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by jrvarela56 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:44PM (#32503322)
It's just a useful feature the fiat system has.

The bigger point of crypto is that this trust can be parametrized and made transparent in a public ledger with less intermediaries. I see it as getting to feature parity, not as something that undermines trustless-ness - don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Re:Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken? by Gigachad on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:02PM (#32503915)
What actual value does this provide the buyer or seller? All of these blockchain solutions throw out a lot of buzzwords but after over a decade, I'm still yet to see any kind of benefit being provided.