'50% of transactions were fraudulent' when Steam accepted Bitcoin for payments

Re:'50% of transactions were fraudulent' when Steam accepted... by ipaddr on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:36PM (#30481018)

I haven't I'm use to having an account on an exchange and moving money directly to the account.

Is there a way I could use the lightening network directly if my exchange doesn't use it behind the scene?

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Re:'50% of transactions were fraudulent' when Steam accepted... by beardog on Saturday February 26, 2022 @03:25PM (#30481553)

You're not supposed to be using an exchange for payments, you are meant to have a wallet, ideally a non-custodial one.

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Re:'50% of transactions were fraudulent' when Steam accepted... by ipaddr on Saturday February 26, 2022 @09:24PM (#30484711)

I worry about malware finding my wallet or my drive dying and losing the wallet more than using an exchange.

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Re:'50% of transactions were fraudulent' when Steam accepted... by beardog on Saturday February 26, 2022 @10:49PM (#30485239)

Malware on your PC can take control of your exchange account as much as it can a normal wallet. The drive dying is why you're supposed to backup your wallet or at least record the seed.

On an exchange you're vulnerable to compromise both from your end and on the exchange's end

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