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		charcircuit on Oct 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PayPal’s updated acceptable use policy [pdf] >Blockchains are entirely unable to help with this problem You can implement an escrow smart contract where a trusted third party controls when the money is released to the seller or refunded to the buyer.

simiones on Oct 3, 2022 [–]

Then that trusted third party is the one that can solve this problem. The blockchain itself can not.

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