Bitcoin has died 166 times, so far

Re:Bitcoin has died 166 times, so far by speedplane on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @05:42AM (#15291997)

I understand buying and selling BTC-backed securities that are backed by a trustworthy bank... but keeping your life savings on your laptop is just cray cray.

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Re:Bitcoin has died 166 times, so far by marcosscriven on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @06:21AM (#15292189)

I read a story of people losing a huge amount to theft: https://medium.com/@CodyBrown/how-to-lose-8k-worth-of-bitcoi...

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Re:Bitcoin has died 166 times, so far by slamdance on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @07:14AM (#15292455)

yes. But they also have credit card accounts, hardware wallets as well as paper wallets. If you keep your coins offline (if you're holding), they won't get hacked.

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