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by swswsw 4614 days ago
Hi, perhaps there is some misunderstanding of how bitcoin works.

People only need to know your credit card number, name, and expiration date to use your credit card to purchase something online. Since you give those information to many merchants, it is very easy for those info to leak out.

For someone to use your bitcoin to purchase something, they have to have your private key. When you make a purchase, you do not give out your private key to anyone. bitcoin and credit card are two very different things.

Credit card was not designed for internet, while bitcoin is.

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If someone uses my credit card to buy something in Kenya it is automatically flagged and I am notified. If I tell Chase the transaction is fraudulent I am automatically reimbursed and am out nothing.