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Surely you would generate a new key to put in the safe if you had to worry about that. And anyway, robbing safes is easy. But try emptying a bitcoin wallet enc
by ryanlol 10y ago
Surely you would generate a new key to put in the safe if you had to worry about that.
And anyway, robbing safes is easy. But try emptying a bitcoin wallet encrypted with a good password, it's very easy to make impossible.
- russelluresti 10y agoNothing is impossible in the digital realm. And the bad guys are ALWAYS better than the good guys.
- mikeash 10y agoSurely, but that requires more knowledge and care than securing cash.
- ryanlol 10y agoProducing a long random string to use as a password? Not particularly.
- mikeash 10y agoMost people have no idea what a long random string would even look like.
- ryanlol 10y agoI think you're seriously underestimating most people. "Long random string [of letters and numbers]" is rather self-explanatory.
- mikeash 10y agoI think you're seriously overestimating most people's ability to think when presented with anything remotely computerish.
- bdcravens 10y agoDealing with nondevelopers, never say "string". Did that once and the person on the other end of the phone was obviously confused. After 2 seconds, realized how bizarre it sounded.
- bdcravens 10y ago> a bitcoin wallet encrypted with a good password, it's very easy to make impossible There's the problem with adoption. "SFYL you should have been smarter" means there will always be a % of the population who should never use it.