@anthracite Yeah, I saw an article about this. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT USE. There are a whole bunch of weird restrictions on it which you do NOT want Paypal, of all people, to be able to wield.

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@anthracite Ah, that was it: YOU DON'T GET THE PRIVATE KEYS. Paypal kindly holds on to them for you so you don't have to worry your pretty little consumer head about it.

@anthracite Heh. The line "As long as you can log in to your PayPal account, your crypto will always be at your fingertips" in their promotional material probably wasn't *meant* to sound like a threat, but...

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