Cyber Seagull on Nostr: Bribing the merchants would leave a "paper trail" or "finger print" of sorts as just ...

Bribing the merchants would leave a "paper trail" or "finger print" of sorts as just a few merchants who receive such an offer but reject it or merchants who accepted but defect later, would be loose ends. Way too much investment in people and messy people management.

Several strategic blows to undermine it would be hands of with little pointing back to the attacker.