Comment by kevinpostlewaite on The Economics of the Asteroid Deflection Problem (Dominant Assurance Contracts) · 2023-09-02T17:58:06.187Z · LW · GW

I like the idea of DAC and would like to see them available and used more widely but I'm not confident that this project is the way to move that forward. Mention is made of Kickstarter: is there any knowledge of Kickstarter or GoFundMe being approached and asked to implement this functionality? It's likely to be a more effective use of time than to implement this on a new unknown and untrusted platform. Ideally, Kickstarter and/or GoFundMe would add DACs as an option to the campaign creator and ideally donators would be able to opt out (some will dislike the option and will get utility out of altruistically forgoing the potential refund bonus). 

Focusing on existing platforms:
* makes campaigns much more visible as these sites already have traffic
* leverages trust in the existing platforms
* leverages the stability of the existing platforms
* leverages the expected longevity of the existing platforms