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Re:Desperate Coinbase customers turn to SEC with allegations... by pavlov on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:57PM (#17357848)
Coinbase is basically the PayPal of cryptocurrency. Arbitrary unexplained account freezes are part of the model.
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Re:Desperate Coinbase customers turn to SEC with allegations... by kennxfl on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @03:28PM (#17358855)
Couldn't have said it better!
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Re:Desperate Coinbase customers turn to SEC with allegations... by A2017U1 on Thursday June 21, 2018 @09:01AM (#17364655)
The first two sentences of the Bitcoin whitepaper:

> A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required...

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