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Blockchain, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts pioneer. (RT/Fav/Follow does not imply endorsement). Blog: http://unenumerated.blogspot.com 

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    1. Ami Ben-David‏ @amibendavid Feb 21
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      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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    2. Nick Szabo  🔑‏ @NickSzabo4 Feb 21
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      Replying to @amibendavid

      Better key management is needed, not giving up control over one's wealth to strangers. We already have an economy full of financial instruments you can do that with, if that's what you want you don't need cryptocurrency.

      9 replies 18 retweets 88 likes
    3. Rishabh Narang‏ @rishabhng Feb 21
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      Replying to @NickSzabo4 @amibendavid

      a future with people holding their bitcoins in custodian banks sucks, how are we even different than the current system then? totally agree that better key management is the need of the hour

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      Nick Szabo  🔑‏ @NickSzabo4 Feb 21
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      Replying to @rishabhng @amibendavid

      We're not. It's a very naive rookie way to use this technology.

      9:08 AM - 21 Feb 2019
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        2. Mike Kelly‏ @mikekelly85 Feb 21
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @rishabhng @amibendavid

          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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        3. Ruminative Orangutan‏ @Ruminorang Feb 21
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          Replying to @mikekelly85 @NickSzabo4 and

          So you mean a bank that holds your money for you? Don’t we have that already? Why add crypto?

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        4. Mike Kelly‏ @mikekelly85 Feb 21
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          Replying to @Ruminorang @NickSzabo4 and

          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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        5. Mike Kelly‏ @mikekelly85 Feb 21
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          Replying to @mikekelly85 @Ruminorang and

          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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        6. Ruminative Orangutan‏ @Ruminorang Feb 21
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          Replying to @mikekelly85 @NickSzabo4 and

          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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        7. Mike Kelly‏ @mikekelly85 Feb 21
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          Replying to @Ruminorang @NickSzabo4 and

          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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