Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Coinbase reallocation to discourage Finney attacks

From: Mike Hearn <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:31:38 +0200

>
> 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.