for any average consumer what is the benefit of making an irreversible payment?
It benefits the seller, not the buyer
Though, I'm not selling anything
And I got 160$ limited on PayPal for 180 days, so yeah, I like that bitcoin is irreversible
Main benefit of bitcoin is that it's all yours, no one can take it away from you, once you have it, you have it
There's no PayPal who can limit you for no reason (
*see here* ), there's no scammer who can perform a chargeback, there's no scammer who can fake unauthorized access, there's no goverment who can seize it (well, if you encrypt it and store it properly
)
You can rest in peace once you get it, god forbid you sell digital goods with PayPal, would be safe to assume if you got 200$ on your balance you would get 40 after 6 months