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Re:Jack Dorsey Releases BitChat: Encrypted Messaging via Blu... by dylan604 on Monday July 07, 2025 @03:06PM (#44493632)
> I lost ~$1,000 in a bad transfer because of a typo.

Was the option of doing a much smaller amount available to validate the account before following up with the full transfer? I've never understood not doing a test transfer first.

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Re:Jack Dorsey Releases BitChat: Encrypted Messaging via Blu... by MangoToupe on Monday July 07, 2025 @04:06PM (#44494146)
You can still make a mistake after the test transfer.
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Re:Jack Dorsey Releases BitChat: Encrypted Messaging via Blu... by tshaddox on Monday July 07, 2025 @08:08PM (#44495787)
Or you can mistakenly think the test transfer worked as intended.
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Re:Jack Dorsey Releases BitChat: Encrypted Messaging via Blu... by buzzerbetrayed on Monday July 07, 2025 @08:36PM (#44495900)
Not to mention that the necessity of "do a test transfer" already shows how massively broken the process is
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Re:Jack Dorsey Releases BitChat: Encrypted Messaging via Blu... by akimbostrawman on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @03:31AM (#44497885)
Or maybe that "broken" design is just the result of the actual goal of decentralized P2P...
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