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Re:Temporary pause of Bitcoin withdrawals on Binance by mmastrac on Monday June 13, 2022 @09:49AM (#31725538)
If you cannot trust a single third party to hold your money, it's no better than cash under the mattress.

We have guard rails in banking for a reason.

Re:Temporary pause of Bitcoin withdrawals on Binance by sweetbitter on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @12:11AM (#31734654)
Hm, I am not quite sure I understand. Are you saying that people should not have the ability to withdraw their USD into cash either? Cryptographic currencies are exactly the same thing imo- they are not meant to replace trusted third parties in the traditional sense, they are just the digital equivalent of cash. A cryptocurrency wallet is far closer to a physical object than being a 'promise' from networks of trusted authorities. Apples and oranges.
Re:Temporary pause of Bitcoin withdrawals on Binance by ekianjo on Monday June 13, 2022 @11:25AM (#31726905)
banking is for fiat currencies whose value halves ever dozens of years. you dont have to worry about bank robbers. inflation does the same thing.
Re:Temporary pause of Bitcoin withdrawals on Binance by rco8786 on Monday June 13, 2022 @11:41AM (#31727108)
> whose value halves ever dozens of years

This seems demonstrably better than halving over 6 months...

Re:Temporary pause of Bitcoin withdrawals on Binance by jonnycomputer on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:13PM (#31727539)
Or six hours.

Looking at you not-stable coin.