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Re:eBay Robbed This Man of $4700 and Suspended His Account W... by dragonwriter on Monday May 09, 2022 @11:28AM (#31315392)
> With crypto you still need to trust someone:

Yes, but the people you need to trust are self-selected, anonymous, distributed, and unaccountable, which is, apparently, better somehow.

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Re:eBay Robbed This Man of $4700 and Suspended His Account W... by notahacker on Monday May 09, 2022 @11:48AM (#31315653)
And for the majority of real world transactions, you still have to trust "fiat" gateways at either end anyway...
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