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by VMG 1371 days ago
Those that need unstoppable transactions are willing to pay the 10'000 satoshi fee on a transaction with arbitrary amount.
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Which users actually need and want irreversible transactions. What's the utility of a system that doesn't let you combat fraud?
A system with a middleman capable of reversing transactions enables fraud. See also: the folks behind Flipper Zero being permanently robbed of more than a million USD thanks to PayPal's whims (as the latest of a long list of high-profile cases of PayPal taking vendors' money and running).
people targeted by law enforcement or secret police need unstoppable transactions