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by elhalyn 3295 days ago
Get rid of ticket scalping.

If tickets get passed on from the buyer you pay a extra fee ( which increases with each hop ). On ticket return, a pool will be created where you can bid on -> sold tickets above the original price are going to be splitpaid to the venue and the artist / ...

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Requires a solution to the identity problem otherwise scalpers just sell off whatever nonce they purchase the tickets under
you are right. Just enter your full name after you hit the buy button.
You and I have very different definitions of the word "solution"
Its a simple fix. The venue has to control the name on your id with your ticket name. It has to be personalized in some way and it seems reasonable to keep your "real ID" away from the blockchain account. Even though the venue can identify your wallet on entrance... so there is a small design flaw :)