On Wednesday 23 April 2014 15:31:38 Mike Hearn wrote: > > There _are_ consequences though: 95% of the time, you end up buying > > something and paying for it. > > Yeah, I was imagining a situation in which people who use Bitcoin regularly > do buy things they actually want, but wouldn't say no to occasionally > getting them for free (think coffees at starbucks etc). So if their double > spend fails, no big deal, they're no worse off than if they didn't try.
Again true enough; but then we're back to evenly distributed dishonesty, and so you still don't get the potential 5% scam being used at 100% capacity. Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins andypark...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development