[striking]

Banks are an excellent piece of infrastructure, as it stands. If you don't need to use Bitcoin, or you actually care about what happens to your money, just use a bank.

[charlesism]

> "Banks are an excellent piece of infrastructure, as it stands."

Not very excellent if you ever need to get money to/from the States and a foreign country.

[striking]

...which is where you use Bitcoin, as these crooks figured out.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/money-mule-gangs-turn-to...

Again, Bitcoin is a great alternative to banks where banks fail. Just, you know, I wouldn't advise using it as your first choice.