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Dipun Mistry 4 years ago committed by GitHub
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@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ _I (Alice) will reimburse you (Bob) with 10 gold coins if you can prove to me (f
You might ask yourself why should Bob sign such a contract.
He has to pay Wei but ultimately gets nothing out of the exchange, and he runs the risk that Alice might not reimburse him.
Bob could offer Wei a similar contract to pay Gloria, but similarly Wei has no reason to accept it either.
Even putting aside the risk, Bob abd Wei must _already_ have 10 gold coins to send, otherwise they wouldn't be able to participate in the contract.
Even putting aside the risk, Bob and Wei must _already_ have 10 gold coins to send, otherwise they wouldn't be able to participate in the contract.
Thus Bob and Wei face both risk and opportunity cost for agreeing to this contract, and they would need to be compensated in order for them to accept it.
Alice can this make this attractive to both Bob and Wei, by offering them fees of 1 gold coin each, if they transmit her payment to Gloria.

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