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But to steal millions from those people you need a lot more resources and a risky plan. Whereas to steal BTC from someone like you, you need a wrench to the hea
by aledujke 8y ago
But to steal millions from those people you need a lot more resources and a risky plan. Whereas to steal BTC from someone like you, you need a wrench to the head for some convincing, like in the linked comic.
I mean to steal millions from someones bank account you need them at the bank and even then you get a trail from bank transfer to another account etc. plus the bank could reverse transaction when police gets involved. While if they can access your wallet they can transfer anonymously to another wallet that no one knows who it belongs to.
So the person you are responding to has a point, I think.
- InGodsName 8y agoThank you! I didn't know that. Tomorrow I'll be flying to NYC and sell all my bitcoin. I don't want such a risk like kidnapping etc... I didn't know about these risks before.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoDo you need a ride from the airport? :)
- skilled 8y agoI need a ride too :)
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- stale2002 8y agoNo, this is paranoia to the extreme. Nobody is going around hunting down people living in western countries to steal their Bitcoin. This meme of "Don't Tell anyone that you own Bitcoin !!1!1" only exists because Bitcoin people are usually libertarian/paranoid to begin with.
- ceejayoz 8y agoDoes New York count? https://www.manhattanda.org/da-vance-man-indicted-stealing-18-million-cryptocurrency/ https://www.manhattanda.org/da-vance-man-indicted-stealing-1...