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ATMs have security measures like daily download limits, unusual locations triggering denials or ID checks, etc. which cryptocurrencies lack.

There's a really big difference between your potential losses being capped zero to a few hundred dollars vs. “everything you own and half of the community will say it was your fault”.



No reason you couldn't have some of these features in a crypto wallet. Lots of schemes are being created with with multisig, smart contracts, and social recovery methods. Here is one around freezing transfers not to a known address. https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-startups-team-to-offer-ban...


In reality, the attack surface with crypto’s is ever expanding.

There’s no free lunch, and the minimal security provided with crypto currencies is provided at a high cost.




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