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> Refunds cannot happen while being anonymous. Preferring anonymity != preferring no payment disputes. Bitcoins are also only pseudo-anonymous, and every tran
by bduerst 11y ago
> Refunds cannot happen while being anonymous.
Preferring anonymity != preferring no payment disputes.
Bitcoins are also only pseudo-anonymous, and every transaction is publicly available making it less anonymous than a closed payments system or cash.
This rhetoric that apologizes for Bitcoins design flaws ("it's a feature not a bug") is detrimental to future blockchain implementations that could design a competitive solution to refunds.
- CyberDildonics 11y agoThat's like saying paper money has a design flaw, or ethernet has design flaws because it doesn't account for serving web pages.
- bduerst 11y agoOr its like saying an automobile has a design flaw because it can't go in reverse.
- CyberDildonics 11y agoHow is it at all the same thing? Bitcoin isn't a contained technology, it can be built on top of just as the internet is built on top of.
- bduerst 11y agoNope. It's even easier to mod an automobile because it doesn't require a consensus from the mechanics (miners) to make a change. See the block chain size debate if you're still unconvinced.
- CyberDildonics 11y agoThere are many companies already building services on top of bitcoin, it doesn't take a change to the protocol and therefore it doesn't take any permission or consensus from anyone. I can't tell if you have a fundamental ignorance of crypto currencies or if this was an intentional straw man, but either way it is so far from being rational I'm not even sure how you would come up with it except for maybe learning about bitcoin through a game of gossip rather than reading or experience.