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by a13n 2423 days ago
We've learned that you can't get around the law (eg. court orders) "because blockchain". The government has shown us that the law prevails.
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But it actually is being shown to work.

When was the last time that a court successfully reversed a transaction on the Bitcoin Blockchain? The answer is never.

Sure, they have sent court orders to companies, or whatever, but the blockchain itself has never been reversed by court order.