[peoplefromibiza]

> He can work for Alice or anyone else in the world

what's stopping him now?

> without having to deal with intermediaries and bureaucracy.

you mean laws?

edit: immagine this situation, Bob does the job, the other party never clicks on "done", Bob doesn't get the money, what Bob can do if there's no intermediary and/or bureaucracy protecting him?

[throwaway405769]

Laws are not ideal and are often used to discriminate against certain groups.

> immagine this situation, Bob does the job, the other party never clicks on "done", Bob doesn't get the money, what Bob can do if there's no intermediary and/or bureaucracy protecting him?

As I said, there is a period of funds lock-up. In the worst case, Bob has to wait some time until the smart contract sends him his payment.

[peoplefromibiza]

> Laws are not ideal and are often used to discriminate against certain groups

and your virtual ideology is better, how?

since nobody can enforce anything.

> As I said, there is a period of funds lock-up. In the worst case, Bob has to wait some time until the smart contract sends him his payment.

What if they payment is never sent and "some time" is forever?

You need laws after all (AKA a solution outside of the chain, or a deus ex machina if you want)

If I was Bob I would not see this thing you're talking about like a great advancement and would continue doing my job like I do it now.

I mean, I get you watched a lot of fiction and wanna feel like living as an outlaw, but even outlaws have laws and follow some of them.

You are trading mid to low trust in your local community for zero trust to some entity you'll never know, who'll never know you, couldn't care less about you and respecting the terms of some virtual contract and pretend we all should do the same.

Do you understand that this is the exact definition of "out of touch"?