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How? Irreversible is bad because mistakes happen. I lost ~$1,000 in a bad transfer because of a typo. Publicly verifiable -- not good because I don't want the

How? Irreversible is bad because mistakes happen. I lost ~$1,000 in a bad transfer because of a typo. Publicly verifiable -- not good because I don't want the public knowing what I buy. Pseudonymous is the worst of both. Is it or is it not me? them? I am thinking digital cash using pub keys on a network run from space on something like starlink sats.

johnisgood 1y ago
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dylan604 1y ago
> 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.
- MangoToupe 1y ago
  You can still make a mistake after the test transfer.
  - tshaddox 1y ago
    Or you can mistakenly think the test transfer worked as intended.
    - buzzerbetrayed 1y ago
      Not to mention that the necessity of "do a test transfer" already shows how massively broken the process is
      - akimbostrawman 1y ago
        Or maybe that "broken" design is just the result of the actual goal of decentralized P2P...
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johnisgood 1y ago
Advice: next time pay attention before sending, all wallets ask for confirmation prior to sending, for what is it worth. Always double check, or triple check.
- pizzafeelsright 1y ago
  and then what? I just got sent real estate documents because the sender used my uncommon firstNameLastName@ gmail, but because they had a typo of the last name it landed in my inbox.
  - johnisgood 1y ago
    Are we talking about cryptocurrencies? Because they are not based on e-mail. In fact, I have no idea how your comment is relevant to losing money. You accidentally got someone else's document. How is that relevant to losing money? As a reminder, you said: "I lost ~$1,000 in a bad transfer because of a typo.". How can you lose ~$1,000 because of someone else's typo in which an e-mail landed in your inbox?

johnisgood 1y ago

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dylan604 1y ago

> 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.

MangoToupe 1y ago
You can still make a mistake after the test transfer.
- tshaddox 1y ago
  Or you can mistakenly think the test transfer worked as intended.
  - buzzerbetrayed 1y ago
    Not to mention that the necessity of "do a test transfer" already shows how massively broken the process is
    - akimbostrawman 1y ago
      Or maybe that "broken" design is just the result of the actual goal of decentralized P2P...

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johnisgood 1y ago

Advice: next time pay attention before sending, all wallets ask for confirmation prior to sending, for what is it worth. Always double check, or triple check.

pizzafeelsright 1y ago
and then what? I just got sent real estate documents because the sender used my uncommon firstNameLastName@ gmail, but because they had a typo of the last name it landed in my inbox.
- johnisgood 1y ago
  Are we talking about cryptocurrencies? Because they are not based on e-mail. In fact, I have no idea how your comment is relevant to losing money. You accidentally got someone else's document. How is that relevant to losing money? As a reminder, you said: "I lost ~$1,000 in a bad transfer because of a typo.". How can you lose ~$1,000 because of someone else's typo in which an e-mail landed in your inbox?