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by Karunamon 4574 days ago
When the government wishes to make your life miserable and you have a credit card, they can call your credit card company and get your account frozen for reasons.

When the government wishes to make your life miserable and you have a bitcoin wallet, they have to do a lot more work if they want those funds.

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Because the government making your life miserable by freezing your account is just as common as someone stealing your credit card, right?
I bet people losing their bitcoin wallets to an intruder (or indeed any file on their computer) happens less often than credit card theft.
Well, credit cards are a lot more widely used than bitcoin. So base rate fallacy.