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Bitcoin never got hacked, unsecure middlemen did (or pretended to have been)

• dumbfounder 9y ago
  To most people there is no difference. The consequence is that Bitcoin seems unsafe because there has been lots of money stolen. It's like the Oracle bug I am tackling today, my customers don't care if it's Oracle's fault, they just know my product doesn't work.
• ransom1538 9y ago
  My entire wallet was stolen [i] -- all that hard work. But that is great news Bitcoin never got hacked -- I got nervous there. /sarcasm http://www.cryptsysettlement.com/ http://www.cryptsysettlement.com/ [i]
  • slphil 9y ago
    Yes, this is not a Bitcoin vulnerability. Getting access to your wallet is not the same as cracking it.
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    • slphil 9y ago
      Don't understand why I'm being downvoted. Don't put your coins on an exchange, ever, unless you want to risk them being lost. This is cryptocurrency 101.
  • bfuller 9y ago
    Cryptsy was a middleman, he specifically covered this case. Bitcoin never got hacked.
  • snissn 9y ago
    I'm sorry you lost funds but there is a finer point separating the bitcoin network and the bitcoin protocol and an exchange losing their funds.