> has no legal teeth for recovery … yet so there is no enforcement
In this case, Steam was selling a digital good that they could be fully revoke if the funds never arrived, so the check ability works very well.
It would have been even better on a smart contract platform where the game license would exist on the chain itself and couldn’t be purchased via a double spend, Chain re-orgs would also sort themselves out in a fully on-chain system.
In this case, Steam was selling a digital good that they could be fully revoke if the funds never arrived, so the check ability works very well.
It would have been even better on a smart contract platform where the game license would exist on the chain itself and couldn’t be purchased via a double spend, Chain re-orgs would also sort themselves out in a fully on-chain system.