News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency. Parent comment

Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by dingaling on Monday May 31, 2021 @01:11AM (#27340400)
> I know that my credit card covers me for this and I would get my money back if such a thing were to happen to me.

But that money isn't free, you may for it through higher merchant fees and lower bank interest rates.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by md_ on Monday May 31, 2021 @02:58AM (#27341070)
True, but for most transactions the credit card fee (~%2) compares favorably with the Bitcoin transaction fee (~$8).
[ Parent | on HN ]