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Because almost zero percent of cryptocurrency users blindly paste addresses into clients without at least double-checking it was actually the address they wante
by capableweb 4y ago
Because almost zero percent of cryptocurrency users blindly paste addresses into clients without at least double-checking it was actually the address they wanted to paste. Most of them are conditioned not to trust anything, and double-verify. If you're sending a large amount, you first send a small amount, verify it arrived to the correct address and then send the proper amount.
Verifying the "string of garbage" (which is actually a hash) is simply a matter of checking the first and last four characters, can be done in 10 seconds easily.
- phyzome 4y agoYou have a great deal more faith in the competence, rigor, and patience of the average user than I do. (Let alone the 10th percentile user, which is who would be more likely hit.)