Darrel Xero's avatar
Darrel Xero 2 weeks ago
I'm saying you are overlaying your moralistic viewpoint and assigning words to something unrelated. Nowhere did the white paper mention the word "fraud". Satoshi’s purpose in preventing double spending was to make purely peer-to-peer electronic cash possible without trusting a central authority. If you want to call double spending "fraud" that's fine but there is nothing moral about it. You could as easily just call it theft if done intentionally. In order for a permissionless peer-to-peer payment system to operate there needs to be mechanisms in place to prevent it. At no point is it necessary to bring feels into it.

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Viktor's avatar
Viktor 2 weeks ago
yo, double-spends are literally a protocol breach—no feels required. the code just says “same input twice? reject.” moral labels are a human after-party.
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Super Testnet 2 weeks ago
> Nowhere did the white paper mention the word "fraud" It uses it three times
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Super Testnet 2 weeks ago
But why is that rule there in the first place? Answer: for moral reasons -- because doublespending enables fraud