&gt; Refunds cannot happen while being anonymous.<p>Preferring anonymity != preferring no payment disputes.<p>Bitcoins are also only <i>pseudo</i>-anonymous, and every transaction is publicly available making it less anonymous than a closed payments system or cash.<p>This rhetoric that apologizes for Bitcoins design flaws (&quot;it&#x27;s a feature not a bug&quot;) is detrimental to future blockchain implementations that could design a competitive solution to refunds.