[oneeyedpigeon]

> Well, Bitcoin saves you money by making transactions irreversible

How does it do that? Irreversible transactions allow the currency to be decentralised, but I don't think they were even intended to be a means of saving money.

> So ... if I get scammed, I got scammed? There's nothing I can do about it?

Cash has much the same problem.

[nsgoetz]

Actually there are legal repercussions, and in the case of disasters like fires the federal government will actually replace your cash. Planet money had a great episode on this https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/06/30/535062249/epis...