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If you're just holding coins you're "safe" in the sense that you will get to keep your account balance. However, if the network is unstable, then that balance
by gridlockd 6y ago
If you're just holding coins you're "safe" in the sense that you will get to keep your account balance.
However, if the network is unstable, then that balance will lose value in real terms or even become worthless.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoIf you sell something in return for coins, and the network could agree on a fork of history in which you never received those coins, not all your balance is safe. Either you trust the network operator(s) not to accept a fork, or you trust the implementation to make a winning fork infeasibly expensive (51% of all miners).
- gridlockd 6y agoThe question was "Can a bad actor steal the coins I am just holding, not spending or receiving?" and the answer is generally: No.