> If we were running our economy on steam and gold we would have even less problems. Absolutely. I've lost a lot of coins in various hacks so this is experienc

> If we were running our economy on steam and gold we would have even less problems. Absolutely. I've lost a lot of coins in various hacks so this is experience talking, not theory ;). > propose to blame everyone using it for occasional consequences you do not like. Not blaming anyone and I'm still quite hopeful about crypto (albeit much less now than before), just saying this is a dark side of crypto which people are afraid to look at and it's not going away. You may remember this discussion if god forbid somebody hacks the service were you hold your coins at (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=576337 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=576337) or exploits a vulnerability in your OS and steals your wallet OR does the thing in the article. Right, we are literate, we don't keep our wallets online or on our hard drives. For maximum safety we keep our public key pairs on a piece of paper or wood and hide it away in a dark place.