From: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail•com>
To: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99•net>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Payment protocol thoughts
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 18:52:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAS2fgQN0zpbA4X276hs3dLR=_vX6Q5=AnHcquy1zpneu4zG2w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANEZrP3iot94HW17HpdH9ALMehMQKtRYY0LEe88FgRqU3BAchw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Mike Hearn <mike@plan99•net> wrote:
> A simple way to solve this problem is just use the SSL identity of the
> server that is taking part in the protocol, but it's not much harder
SSL itself (as opposed to using the certs as you suggest) is not
non-reputablable, so it's not enough for the below concerns
> A signed invoice + the blockchain transactions does this, BUT with a
> major caveat: if you have not set up dispute mediation, there is
> nobody to prove faultlessness to.
To their prospective customer base. "I can prove to the public that
you ripped me off" is protective, even if there isn't formal direct
remedy available.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-02 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-02 16:38 Mike Hearn
2012-10-02 17:43 ` Gavin Andresen
2012-10-02 17:52 ` Peter Vessenes
2012-10-02 18:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2012-10-02 22:35 ` Peter Vessenes
2012-10-02 22:44 ` Mike Hearn
2012-10-02 22:52 ` Gregory Maxwell [this message]
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