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It’s the same with cash isn’t it? Non-reversible payments are the rule not the exception. Even bank transfers are non-reversible in general.


If the money was obtained illegally, the government can get the money back for the victim. This is not true for unregulated international money transfer. That's why North Korea and Russia like to promote cryptocurrency usage among Western rubes.




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