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1) Perfect for harassment, repeatedly send .000001 btc to someone, to force them to keep sending it back or be blacklisted 2)What happens when someone using bl
by mynewwork 13y ago
1) Perfect for harassment, repeatedly send .000001 btc to someone, to force them to keep sending it back or be blacklisted
2)What happens when someone using blacklist A accepts payment that looks clean, only to find out they are now blacklisted on list B? No one could use bitcoin for something like ebay transactions, for fear that the payment they received might be blacklisted by some list.
- bjourne 13y ago1. It would be trivial to implement feature in bitcoin clients to automatically bounce transactions from blacklisted addresses. 2. The situation is the same as if someone irl where to accidentally purchase stolen goods. Or as if you where accidentally spamlisted because you forgot to secure your smtp server. Your options would be: a) Return the bitcoins and clear your status. b) Argue your case with the operators of blacklist B. c) Ignore your blacklisting and just don't do business with those who follow blacklist B. If they blacklist addresses for frivolous reasons, more people will ignore their list and it won't matter if you are on it or not. A decent client could automatically keep the blacklists updated so it would hardly be any burden for normal users.