For mass adoption of cryptocurrencies, we need a choice between reliable custodians, or software that mimics reliable custodians. The “private key” user interface, while teaching you about crypto, is inconvenient and horrible at preserving wealth for an organisation or a family. https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/1098367003289563136 …
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Sorry, this is bullshit. A specialist custodian with well enforced processes and procedures will always do a better job than the vast majority of individuals could themselves. Not using one (and losing your private keys as a result) would be a rookie mistake.
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So you mean a bank that holds your money for you? Don’t we have that already? Why add crypto?
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Yes. Good question. I don’t know. Because you believe in the economic design of BTC as a currency? (I don’t think that’s very popular either btw)
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If you’re point is that Bitcoin is only really of practical use to a very small subset of people that can adequately protect their private keys then I agree. I think that is a massive problem. It’s why I moved on. I want to make something people can actually use. So does the OP.
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Ok. But just to be clear you are moving on from cryptocurrency? The OP said this is what cryptocurrency should be... the banking system exactly as it was, recreated
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Yes, I had same observation as OP fairly early on but realised (as you and Nick have pointed out) that this renders cryptocurrency a massive waste of time apart from possibly (if it’s design is right) as an effective store of wealth.
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