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Re:Bitcoin’s Rise Constrained by Heists and Lost Fortunes by Aqueous on Thursday December 12, 2013 @08:40AM (#6894314)
The ability to be stolen is a feature, not a bug.
Re:Bitcoin’s Rise Constrained by Heists and Lost Fortunes by Aqueous on Thursday December 12, 2013 @11:08AM (#6895146)
I got modded down, but there is no objection here? The ability to be stolen is what makes BitCoin like cash. That's one of the core innovations of BitCoin - you can't double spend it, once it's gone it's gone
Re:Bitcoin’s Rise Constrained by Heists and Lost Fortunes by fivethree on Thursday December 12, 2013 @05:38PM (#6897770)
So it's exactly like USD only: few accept it, there is a fee to transfer money in any reasonable amount of time, it isn't backed by any country, all of the exchanges are regularly stolen, it's a giant ponzi scheme, even the austrian economics think it's worth nothing, and there is no form of consumer protect/insurance whatosever. Sounds great, why hasn't the world switched over yet?