palepehlwan on Nostr: Tried to send some money using Western Union to a friend of mine who arrived in ...

Tried to send some money using Western Union to a friend of mine who arrived in Europe as a refugee, as he has nothing. They blocked it based on his passport and refused to give him the money even though I called them. I expected them just to provide a service not gate-keep my money.

Jokes on me, when I sent them money I lost custody of it. The deeper truth is that I didn’t have custody of it even when it was in my bank.

Bitcoin fixes this.