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Re:Bitcoin Is More Expensive to Keep Safe Than Gold by pnutjam on Thursday November 23, 2017 @08:26AM (#15764868)
If I live in a huge city, I might have afew million people to protect your gold against.

Anywhere in the world your securing Bitcoin against a billion or more people, plus bots. A proven attack vector could wipe out thousands of people in afew minutes.

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Re:Bitcoin Is More Expensive to Keep Safe Than Gold by DennisP on Thursday November 23, 2017 @12:08PM (#15766379)
If your key was generated properly and isn't on a computer connected to the internet, the only attack vector is physical.
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