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0 pointshellbanner10y ago0 comments

Crypto currency with escrow, receipt of goods validated by a robot camera sending a picture to an anonymous network of validators who say "yep that's the scarf they ordered, trigger the payment"

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chc10y ago

That system still appears to include intermediaries. They're just stuck in a Rube Goldberg machine rather than dealing directly with the two parties.

hellbannerOP10y ago

Good point. I don't think there's a solution.

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0 pointshellbanner10y ago0 comments

Crypto currency with escrow, receipt of goods validated by a robot camera sending a picture to an anonymous network of validators who say "yep that's the scarf they ordered, trigger the payment"

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chc10y ago

That system still appears to include intermediaries. They're just stuck in a Rube Goldberg machine rather than dealing directly with the two parties.

hellbannerOP10y ago

Good point. I don't think there's a solution.

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