[bisq-network/bisq] Add option to make trade 'reason' less obvious (#2869)

[pazza]

I also have some bank accounts that do not show payee details. I think these are best avoided in Bisq as you cannot be sure the account that sent you the payment.

> A scammer looks for suitable BTC sell offers with fixed price
Places his fake offer matching the fixed price
If a victim accepts his fake offer he will have the name to create an payment account with matching names to accept the BTC offer

I think this is a possible but likely improbable to succeed. All things would need to align to allow it to be successful.

- Trade with someone that cannot see their bank details
- Trade with someone they know the first and last name of and know that they will pay in a account of the same name
- A likely offer to be online with the amount of 0.01 BTC or less (buyer will not be able to create a signed account in time with one trade).
- Trade still online when they have their victim in place, or if they take the Bisq trade first they risk not completing their trade in time on the third party site.

Due to the above the scammer would be much more likely to lose their security deposit when trying this. The 0.006 BTC security deposit is a large proportion for new account under 30 days old, so I do not think the benefits vs risks would be worth it  for the scammers.

The trade IDs do help with multiple offers, but no reason you cannot ask buyer to label multiple offers; 1, 2, 3 etc. Alternatively it just takes a little more checking to make sure you received the correct amounts. I am thinking of making offers at different amounts to make this easier eg 0.01, 0.095, 0.09 etc.


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