>The cost of doing that is making the wallet largely useless for purchasing anything over 50$.
I don't think I ever spend that much in a single day though. The limit will differ from person to person.
>The independent ability to send all your money to a recovery address is a new security risk.
It's not new and it's not a risk. You could always send all your money to another address. And the recovery addresses are meant to be trusted. I could send my money to a secondary wallet sitting in a safe or to a trusted family member. That isn't a risk.
>Further, you need to notice the issue which means you could be our far more than 50$ unless you happen to be checking how much is in the wallet constantly.
Your balance is printed in big letters whenever you open the wallet. It's hard to not notice really. There's also these things called automatic notifications, not difficult to set up.
>So, this is strictly worse than using a credit card.
But this is supposed to replace cash not credit cards. It is objectively better than cash in terms of consumer protections.
It’s the “independent ability” that’s new. Without that you just need to keep your key safe. With it your key could be safe and you still end up with a problem.
> objectively better than cash
Many people don’t use cash just credit cards. They might keep 50$ or less in their wallets, but that’s about it.
Further, Billions of people can hack my PC, only those I come into contact with can take my cash.
You still need the private key to make a transfer. This is for cases when you key is stolen.
>Many people don’t use cash just credit cards. They might keep 50$ or less in their wallets, but that’s about it.
Because they value convenience over privacy and freedom.
>Further, Billions of people can hack my PC, only those I come into contact with can take my cash.
Even if someone managed to gain access to your wallet they would still have to decrypt your private key. So, it isn't an issue if you use a strong password.
I don't think I ever spend that much in a single day though. The limit will differ from person to person.
>The independent ability to send all your money to a recovery address is a new security risk.
It's not new and it's not a risk. You could always send all your money to another address. And the recovery addresses are meant to be trusted. I could send my money to a secondary wallet sitting in a safe or to a trusted family member. That isn't a risk.
>Further, you need to notice the issue which means you could be our far more than 50$ unless you happen to be checking how much is in the wallet constantly.
Your balance is printed in big letters whenever you open the wallet. It's hard to not notice really. There's also these things called automatic notifications, not difficult to set up.
>So, this is strictly worse than using a credit card.
But this is supposed to replace cash not credit cards. It is objectively better than cash in terms of consumer protections.