Mike Hearn [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2014-03-20 📝 Original message:> > It's not unusual, in a ...
📅 Original date posted:2014-03-20
📝 Original message:>
> It's not unusual, in a face-to-face transaction at a bricks-and-mortar
> establishment, that you know neither the legal name of the entity
> running the establishment
I'd hope that people can get certs for their actual business name, but
sometimes it does differ yes.
However remember that signing in BIP70 is about more than just security,
though that's the driving factor. It's also needed for things like dispute
mediation, receipts, etc.
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> It's not unusual, in a face-to-face transaction at a bricks-and-mortar
> establishment, that you know neither the legal name of the entity
> running the establishment
I'd hope that people can get certs for their actual business name, but
sometimes it does differ yes.
However remember that signing in BIP70 is about more than just security,
though that's the driving factor. It's also needed for things like dispute
mediation, receipts, etc.
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