Quote from: fonenumba on January 08, 2015, 04:06:26 AM

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Quote from: flipstyle on January 07, 2015, 03:40:48 AM

The problem is...how are people supposed to exchange bitcoin if we are not to trust exchanges...at all?

I'm not saying to not trust them at all. I'm saying trust them only in a prudent fashion commensurate with the risk they present.

But that's not how gambling addicts think. A few bad apples make all the headlines. Bitcoin needs to be child-proof.

Bitcoin was not designed to be child proof. It was designed for the "novice" user to have an advanced understanding of how bitcoin works.

The problem is that even now the Bitcoin protocol has not gotten any more child proof however various applications have been designed so that they are more user friendly which is causing more people to end up loosing their money

Bitcoin is a protocol. It can be designed any way we want. In fact, it's the ideal currency for children to carry.