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These sort of UX issues will have to be resolved before cryptocurrencies become "mainstream". It wouldn't be seen as acceptable by mom and pop to "accidentally"
by mtgx 9y ago
These sort of UX issues will have to be resolved before cryptocurrencies become "mainstream". It wouldn't be seen as acceptable by mom and pop to "accidentally" send thousands of dollars to a store for a pack of cigarettes. However, I do think we'll start to see some fixes for this in a few years, hopefully without increased centralization (like the DNS system).
- DanBC 9y ago"Fat Finger" errors are reasonably common. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat-finger_error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat-finger_error
- colordrops 9y agoIt happens with cash too though. Sometimes you hand over a 20 when you meant to hand over a 1. To be fair though US cash does have some UX issues, with the same size and similar coloring.
- kpil 9y agoAnd securities. Quite often people sends orders with the number of shares accidentally set to the intended nominal value.
- matthewbauer 9y agoEven with perfect UX, these kind of "user errors" will still happen. I wonder if there is any recourse available? So far it seems like you can either hope the person on the other end will give you something back (unlikely) or convince the entire Bitcoin chain to fork to void your transaction (even less likely).