Re:IRS Says Bitcoin Is Property
by gnaritas on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @05:55PM
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> If the average user can figure out how to use bitcoin, then they can figure out how to use Armory.
I don't agree. Using coinbase is vastly easier than setting up Armory and managing your own security on your own PC.
> Most people have an old laptop or computer that they can afford to keep disconnected from the internet.
They won't understand they need to; they can't even stop opening exe attachments in their email and running them, you seriously overestimate the average user.
> If it's not connected to the internet, then it's not susceptible to hacks.
Way over their head.
> It also offers a way of doing secure backups, so that if your computer is lost in a house fire, you'll still have your coins.
Doesn't matter, you lost them at the word "install".
I don't agree. Using coinbase is vastly easier than setting up Armory and managing your own security on your own PC.
> Most people have an old laptop or computer that they can afford to keep disconnected from the internet.
They won't understand they need to; they can't even stop opening exe attachments in their email and running them, you seriously overestimate the average user.
> If it's not connected to the internet, then it's not susceptible to hacks.
Way over their head.
> It also offers a way of doing secure backups, so that if your computer is lost in a house fire, you'll still have your coins.
Doesn't matter, you lost them at the word "install".