_could_ have, but I intended to spend them...and when leaving it wasn't like I had a ton of flexibility to arrange a Vexl meet

denlillaapan

Typically, you should have a common contact with the counterparty.

Why? Because both of you have a real-world reputation to uphold. If you do something bad, you rat them out to the common contact.

People are naturally protective of their real-world reputation.

Though the group feature skips the common contact.

Also, you could have sold to CZK for BTC on Vexl.

econ

On the Economics of Peer-to-Peer: I Tried Vexl

Typically, you should have a common contact with the counterparty.

Why? Because both of you have a real-world reputation to uphold. If you do something bad, you rat them out to the common contact.

People are naturally protective of their real-world reputation.

Though the group feature skips the common contact.

Also, you could have sold to CZK for BTC on Vexl.