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Re:Bitcoin: Who owns it, who mines it, who’s breaking the law by linschn on Friday October 15, 2021 @11:58AM (#28879195)
Of course, have you never heard of credit card fraud?
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Re:Bitcoin: Who owns it, who mines it, who’s breaking the law by colinmhayes on Friday October 15, 2021 @12:17PM (#28879436)
Credit card fraud is effectively the same as someone stealing your bitcoin wallet password. Bitcoin does nothing to stop that. In fact, credit cards are much better at stopping fraud since they'll just undo any transactions you dispute.
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