> Like cash, paying with Bitcoin doesn't make anything illegal legal. But unlike a check, wire transfer, or credit-card payment, there is no intermediary like a bank that might autonomously decide to reverse a transaction.
Unlike cash, but like any other stolen asset, if you unknowingly receive stolen bitcoin, you could still be legally required to return those bitcoins to the original owner.
> But they can't reverse Bitcoin transactions, any more than someone can command cash to fly out of the recipient's pocket and back into their own.
If "they" is a court, they absolutely can command you to take cash out of your pocket or to reverse a transaction you received.
Unlike cash, but like any other stolen asset, if you unknowingly receive stolen bitcoin, you could still be legally required to return those bitcoins to the original owner.
> But they can't reverse Bitcoin transactions, any more than someone can command cash to fly out of the recipient's pocket and back into their own.
If "they" is a court, they absolutely can command you to take cash out of your pocket or to reverse a transaction you received.