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by magicalhippo 1513 days ago
I might trust someone enough to give them $20. I might not trust someone enough to enter my credit card details on their webpage.
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That's why we have things like paypal and temporary virtual credit cards.

Many kinds of fraud attack the fallible human element, not technology. And blockchains cannot change that, as you can see with a glance at crypto news.

The technical solution to that is temporary CC numbers, not a giant crypto chain.
Sure, that's one technical solution, assuming you can get a card.

I was just trying to point out that trust is not binary.