rich1.0npub1kf0ppcjaguxekg24yx6smgxlu73qn0k8lm0t2wrqc0scpl7u3sgsmf3f58https://nostr.ae/npub1kf0ppcjaguxekg24yx6smgxlu73qn0k8lm0t2wrqc0scpl7u3sgsmf3f58njumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2014-03-22 📝 Original message:One participant, yes. Two participants lacking net would require a serious revisit of BIP 70's security assumptions and some design, at a minimum. On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Mark Friedenbach <mark at monetize.io> wrote: > Jeff, there are *plenty* of places that lack local Internet access for > one or both participants. > > Obviously making the case where both participants lack access to the > bitcoin network is difficult to secure, but not impossible (e.g. use a > telephany-based system to connect to a centralized double-spend > database, as VISA does). > > I expect the case where one participant has Internet access (the > merchant) and the other does not to be very, very common. The majority > of transactions I do on a daily basis are like this, and I live in > Silicon Valley! > > On 03/22/2014 09:35 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Let's not pull out silly examples. Of course you can find locations >> that lack Internet. >> >> Those locations are completely unsuitable to bitcoin transactions, >> since the receiver cannot verify double-spending or anything else >> about the transaction. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/