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?
Bitcoin does not have a central authority that control its activities and it is an advantage and disadvantage to a bitcoin users in case coins are being hacked from user's desktop or mobile wallet, only way to get them back is to find hacker and take that coins from him, but it is too impossible.There is one simple way to reduce huge hacks on centralized exchanges to a bare minimum and that is, the use of combination of phone number, email address, authentication app and other security features for alerts and verification when withdrawals are initiated. This should be an extra security measure and optional.