Once in a while, a human being does the right thing and you wonder why it took so long

I’ve long held the opinion that the only real use case for cryptocurrency is fraud; we can debate that.  Crypto kiosks, on the other hand, leave little room for discussion.  These ATM-like machines you’ll find in gas stations and convenience stores just make it easy for criminals to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims. They have little other purpose.  No sane person would use the machines for a normal cash-crypto conversion; the fees are too high.

I talk to scam victims every week and for the past 18 months or so, nearly every story ends with a tragic scene of a victim…