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		thaumasiotes 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Offline card payments should be possible no later ... The point of the ledger is to prevent double-spending. Offline payment specifically allows double-spending. If you have offline payment, you don't need a ledger at all; you can just use PGP.

samus 27 days ago [–]

Those transactions simply won't be accepted. Sucks for the seller, but how to deal with that mess is an issue that has to be solved on an upper layer by ToS or laws.

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