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pseudonym
on Nov 2, 2012
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Fine, eBay. Here’s your $2. I hope you choke on it...
Don't you think that "no buyer protection" is just heading too far in the opposite direction?
Especially with callmeed's post[1] above...
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http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4730281
btilly
on Nov 2, 2012
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With bitcoin you can do some surprisingly complex things. Such as move money into a fund that the other people can verify are there, which only pays out on a trigger condition.
rohamg
on Nov 2, 2012
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An escrow account? :)
btilly
on Nov 2, 2012
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Yes, but totally verifiable and automated. Which means less trust than a regular escrow account.
DrStalker
on Nov 2, 2012
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What triggers it being paid? Surely that part can't be automated, someone (or combination of someones) has to have power to say pay/don't pay.
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Where's the best place to learn more about this?
btilly
on Nov 3, 2012
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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contracts
would be a starting point.
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Especially with callmeed's post[1] above...
[1]http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4730281