[TomGullen]

Credit cards are exactly that, credit. Bitcoin is not a credit system.

If you had had a debit card and money was fraudulently spent, good luck getting that back from your bank. Debit cards are used to make hundreds of billions $ worth of purchases online each year.

> Those merchants should have had better processes to handle locals using foreign credit cards.

Isn't this victim blame?

[jusben1369]

Yes to be clear, at least in the US, most debit cards have this protection. Although it's not quite as simple as a chargeback.

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My debit card has similar protections as credit cards. And I'm not sure why the lack of credit in Bitcoin is a feature.