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Unfulfillable offer pattern #7274

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We have explicitly talked about this possibility ( { want: 3 unobtanium } ) and it seems perfectly reasonable. show is a plausible alternative, but one we hadn't contemplated before.

In order for this to be helpful, a contract would have to be written to expect that it should assay the want, but not expect to reallocate it. Contracts set up this way might experiment with different ways of expressing the unmatchable want. They might have their own issuer that allows amounts but never mints anything, or they might just ignore the want and leave it up to the client to create a relevant mint.

We experimented with similar techniques (assaying goods) in order to support voting schemes based on …

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