[colbycornish]

Thanks for the thoughtful response, and you're absolutely right, the current legal system is designed to handle all these. Right now, Oracles are also way more complex to build, and they can't handle the nuances of meeting X specification in a way that's simple and easy to do.

To be clear, that doesn't mean that a simple solution will never be created. Obviously we think it will, but that doesn't mean we're right.

But to address a slightly different part of your framing, our situation actually got more complicated when attempting to go the legal route. We suddenly had additional lawyer, collections, and time costs associated with the process...and we still never managed to collect. That's certainly an area where the current legal system fails (for a lot of people!).

Cryptocurrencies might not be the perfect alternative, but they are an alternative that, in our opinion, is exciting to explore.

[almost]

But it’s not just a matter of “no done yet” is it? Adding an oracle removes any “benefits” of smart contracts and puts you right back where you were with just regular contracts (but this time done badly and with bugs by incompetent bullshitters)

The fact that you justify your product with a use case which does not work and can not work is very telling. But I’m sure as a strategy it’s working very well for you.

[jadillionaire]

I think it will help if I share a little more of the story.

We are not using that use case of smart contracts as justification for our product, but the excitement for the future of smart contracts and the innovations in the cryptocurrency space encouraged the founders to get involved. They started buying cryptocurrency and found a pain point in tracking and rebalancing all of their holdings using Excel which could take upwards of 30 hours a week. Making an easier solution is the justification for the start of this product

[ALittleLight]

Hope it works out!