One of the most important feature of cryptocurrency is its being irreversible. One the coin is sent, the only way for it to be back to the sender is if the receiver will do the same thing in reverse. Now, in cases of hacks, scams and frauds, it means that you better forget what you already lost as there is no way for you to recover the lost coins.
In other words, once you click the send button there is no turning back. I know that a lot of us are actually considering this a major advantage of Bitcoin or any cryptocurrency for that matter because unlike PayPal there can be no refund requests to happen.
Therefore when you are a victim of a theft, expect no one to be able to help you in recovering the coins. As one author said it, the bitcoin genie cannot be put back into the blockchain bottle.
I am wondering, can we not devise an effective and special technology that can be utilize in case of hacks or frauds? Given the advances of cryptocurrency and the blockchain we are experiencing right now, is it even possible?
This is how unique bitcoin is and it didn't devise any special technology to counter any hacks or frauds so everyone has a freedom to do with their assets.
This is only one of disadvantages of bitcoin but because of it, we were given the freedom also to use our assets wisely and securely if possible but for the black hat hackers. This is their big opportunity to earn a good profit if they can steal without being notice by the authority.
But I love the current bitcoin right now,even if it has disadvantages like irreversible transaction but it has plenty of advantages also.