Show HN: Offst – A decentralized payment system
I think this is a very interesting idea. A couple of questions:<p>1. Why is the mediation fee 1 credit? This appears to be an arbitrary choice with no rationale. Why not let the market decide?<p>2. What prevents me from setting up a fake node and just extending myself a bunch of credit? Is this where human judgement&#x2F;trust comes in? I.e. my friends trusting me that I&#x27;m not engaged in this sort of manipulation? (I&#x27;m not saying this is inherently a flaw, just curious if you&#x27;ve considered it).<p>3. In the Alice, Bob, Charli example, why don&#x27;t Bob and Charli just link up instead of more-expensively going through Alice?<p>I have my own answers to these questions, but I&#x27;m curious what your response is. I can see this project going in a slightly different direction from how you describe it in the initial release. Feel free to contact me at &lt;my username&gt; at gmail dot com if you&#x27;re interested in discussing in more depth.