Comment by K0balt
4 days ago
My theoretical potential losses compared to the costs of the payment processsors I ditched, and the chargebacks we used to deal with.
International payment processing is quite expensive, both on a teansaction and on an administrative basis.
My worst case total risk exposure is approximately the same as the cost of 3 months of payment processing overhead, without counting fraudulent chargebacks and “we are going to freeze your account because we can” risks.
FWIW in the last 60 years I have lost way more money to fraud and theft dealing with banks and cash then I ever will using cryptocurrency. On a total, or a percentage basis. I see the risk profile, when properly managed, to be much, much lower using blockchain solutions.
> My worst case total risk exposure is approximately the same as the cost of 3 months of payment processing
Okay, yes: what you're describing is the actual utility of these things.
I think you underestimate how many people dealing in them are using them much less intelligently than you are.
They are being marketed in an extremely dishonest way, as a safe long term store of value. I regularly overhear normal people at my local bars talking about how they're "investing big in stablecoins" and it terrifies me.