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436 sats \ 3 replies \ @Wumbo 27 Jan \ on: More Robosats Questions bitcoin_beginners
- What degree of trust are you placing in these coordinators?
A: I don't know technically but I try not to do any transaction I could not afford to lose or walk away from. AKA: many small transactions vs one big one.
- How do you verify or check the reputation of the coordinator?
A: On the Offer tab/page you can click on the icon of the coordinator for some current/historical data. This will give one some data on if they are a fly by night operation. I often will use coordinators I have a good track record with. Side note: I have not found any bad coordinators let.
- How private are the chats? Some people I'm transacting with have suggested we move to another platform or transact through email. I haven't done this, and I am weighing the different op sec of different methods.
A: You can always screen grab or export the chat log, so of course there is nothing that keeps other party from publishing chat. In the one dispute I had to open with coordinator they did request the chat log (the chat log was relevant to the issue at hand). In regards to users wanting to use email I found that this is because robosats has in the documentation to use email for some types of transactions. I often can talk them out of it for privacy reason because the chat is usually fine for the purpose.
I have had nothing but good experiences with RoboSats. The only "Issue" I have is I find myself spending a lot of time on it waiting for a party to find and accept the offer. This is just an "we are early" issue, as more users will make this better over time.
Thanks for this great reply. I thought of more questions. Do you do the whole garage thing and keep a few robots that you use more than once? I am only using one robot at a time. The only advantage I can think of to re-use robots is to develop a track record, like if you want to become a recognized seller or something?
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I personally generate a new seed/token for every order.
So, no I don't do the garage thing
I don't think robosats does the track record thing for users. By design it is meant to encourage privacy. I do see people reusing their robot name but one would have to make offline notes as to who they had used in the past. I think people who reuse robot names are just being lazy.
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I think people who reuse robot names are just being lazy.
This and they came from bullshit CEX
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