We run a full bitcoin node and use it as the authoritative clock/transaction order
Actually blockchain.info has a very limited api and has gone down many times. We want our system based on the actual bitcoin blockchain, not a third party.
What is missing in the blockchain.info APIs? Your could create a lot of more trust, if you use a system (e.g. blockchain.info), we can easily follow. Even the clock there is always correct. I played ponzis for a longer time and till now i never saw any time lag. Sometimes the confirm takes longer, but the timestamp was always correct.
We run a full bitcoin node and use it as the authoritative clock/transaction order
How can we trust that node's clock? I mean for example blockchain's clock is highly trustworthy while some node's clock isn't. Blockchain has a lot of trust. Why do you create a gas lamp when we have an electricity?