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ManfredKarrer

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    Comment #14803135

    Which doc are you referring? We used a DHT in early days but that was long before the launch. Maybe I oversaw to update at some place... There are 4 seed nodes to which you connect…

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    Comment #14803110

    If one is inside the bank he can rob the bank itself. I doubt that in Switzerland that is so easy. Do you have any sources for that claim?

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    Comment #14803103

    Which platform did he used? And which payment method? Paypal for instance is super insecure, that's why we did not support it.

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    Comment #14800395

    At the moment I (the founder) is the only arbitrator as the project has not implemented the fully decentralized arbitration system. We recently changed the concept how to get there…

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    Comment #14800352

    Good questions: See the new concept for securing the arbitration system by the DAO tokens: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DXEVEfk4x1qN6QgIcb2PjZwU... In short: The arbitrator …

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    Comment #14798904

    Yes the trader can select his arbitrator. The arbitration system got a conceptual change with the upcoming DAO and will be secured by locked up security deposit of the arbitrator a…

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    Comment #14798809

    IOU exchanges are just postponing the real problem, that the gateway to the legacy system (Fiat). With gateways converting and issuing IOUs to Fiat you make the gateway to the actu…

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    Comment #14798773

    You define centralized exchanges as banks (as they are usually). A decentralized exchange has a different model. There is no credit and IOU conversion but a direct exchange of BTC …

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    Comment #14798602

    We have an open discussion about that topic and additional protection mechanisms which are planned for the next months here: https://forum.bisq.io/t/new-requirement-for-payment-acc…

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    Comment #14798564

    With SEPA in Europe the victim of the charge back need to agree to it (in most cases at least, there are a few reports that banks did the charge back without asking). So traders sh…