Re:You don't understand money – and it's a good thing for Bi...
by knocte on Saturday November 16, 2019 @11:10AM
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Giving me an example of decentralisation set in the 1600s? Dude... The best way to finish this convo is the way Satoshi replied once: "If you don't believe it or don't get it, I don't have the time to try to convince you, sorry"
In fact, the least problematic time in terms of bank runs appears to be the years of the highly-centralized Bretton-Woods system post-WW2 (1).
It’s also not like holding bitcoins yourself is entirely risk-free. You can accidentally expose your private key and have your money stolen or you can lose your private key and have it locked away forever. Either scenario means you no longer get to use your money, and any defense against one makes the other more likely; it’s a difficult balance to ask people to get right.
(1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system