Re: [Bitcoin-development] Payment Protocol for Face-to-face Payments

[Roy Badami <roy@gnomon.org.uk>]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:02:44AM +0100, Mike Hearn wrote:
> >
> > It's not unusual, in a face-to-face transaction at a bricks-and-mortar
> > establishment, that you know neither the legal name of the entity
> > running the establishment
> 
> 
> I'd hope that people can get certs for their actual business name, but
> sometimes it does differ yes.

The actual example I was thinking of is that of traditional British
pubs.  Often a company will own several pubs - however the pubs
themselves will typically have individual traditional pub names.  The
name of the company might not be at all prominently advertised in the
pubs.

Traders at music festivals are another example that comes to mind (they
often accept credit cards if they sell higher value items so why not
Bitcoin?)  In this example there often are no clearly advertised
business names - at least, that the customer will be aware of.

roy