[realcr]

A few people pointed out to me by that a transaction cancellation feature is missing. (Without it, the sender of a transaction might have to wait indefinitely). This is the next thing I'll be working on. Also, I agree that documentation is somewhat sparse, but I felt like I have to release something, even not complete, just to get some feedback about things I might be missing. Messages like yours are very helpful.

The way I see it, relying on dumb servers that only relay communication is very different than trusting third party registries. The worst that could happen with a bad relay is some communication problem, but if you trust a bad registry with your credits, it's a whole different story.

[fiatjaf]

That's not what I said.

[realcr]

Hi, I am sorry if I misinterpreted what you have said earlier. let me try again. If I missed it this time too please send it again.

> A's promise. That's all great, however, if in the backwards path if A is offline or unresposive the transaction is left in a partially-committed state that hurts B, for example.

The core issue here the way I see it is that in the current design payments might take indefinite time. This is an issue I'm aware of, and I'm working these days on an atomic design for the transactions.

If you are interested, I can really use your help to review the proposal for the new design. I hope to have it done in the following week or two. My email can be found on freedomlayer's website on the about page. Please send me an email and I will inform you when the proposal is done.

> or since Offst is relying on indexes, relays and other server infrastructure it could as well rely on third-party commit registries.

I think that there are advantages to not relying on registries, and instead having every user run a node:

1. The way I see it, having only nodes is a general case of having both nodes and registries, because a registry is just a node that happens to be online most of the time and other people trust. This also means less code, less interfaces and less places to make mistakes.

2. The Offst protocol between two nodes gives cryptographic accountability between nodes. For example, if a node you are in contact with suddenly disappears, you can produce a cryptographic artifact that shows your last balance with that node.