> Unless you are also auditing all the code you use for software that objects with Bitcoin yourself As I mentioned in another reply, compared to existing elect

> Unless you are also auditing all the code you use for software that objects with Bitcoin yourself As I mentioned in another reply, compared to existing electronic monetary systems, an open source one will always be more trustworthy than a closed source one. >Bitcoin involves trust in the mining community To be a part of Bitcoin, miners need to follow a publicly known protocol that is easily verifiable by anyone using math. Additionally, miners never have direct control of your money: they can't spend it on your behalf. I think the only point you have there is that you must trust someone somewhere to mine Bitcoin. And as long as there's a profit to be made, someone probably will.