Quote from: kutaka on January 07, 2015, 10:45:26 PM

Quote from: grendel25 on January 03, 2015, 08:57:28 PM

I think I recall hearing that some companies like Overstock.com were actually keeping and not selling at least some of the bitcoin they got from sales. I think the biggest detriment to btc value is the inherent fear and uncertainty caused by the crooks who do various crimes rather it be Mt Gox or just hacking a weak password. There are failures on multiple levels and the responsibility is on the shoulders of users, website managers, business owners, bitcoin devs, etc. But really, if bitcoin were really secure from inception then we wouldn't have any of these problems. Maybe some other currency that is user friendly and secure will supplant bitcoin. It's really not that far fetched even though bitcoin has it's followers it also has pretty severe flaws.

Bitcoin is not secure? Bullshit. Computers are not secure, if you lost control of your computer, do not blame bitcoin, blame yourself. If you lost control of you computer, hacker gets all the data you own, including bitcoin keys if you happen to have them. He also gets your uncle Tom's wedding photos which you kept on the compromised machine, does it make jpg insecure?

That's right, money moves on, Bitcoin gets more valuable day by day; but it's also getting harder to make our PCs safe...