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Topic
Board Economics
Re: Bitcoin as a Retirement Account
by
sdmathis
on 27/04/2015, 20:10:20 UTC
Every month, your employer transfers Bitcoins into a time-locked address that can't be transferred out before you reach retirement age.  You have the key to the address.  You can verify the transfer on the blockchain.

No middle-men.  No funny business.  No brokers with pyramid/eyeball shaped logos.  No "oops we went bankrupt and lost your retirement."  No bail-ins.  No raising the age of retirement.

Just Bitcoin.

 I'm sorry, but that's a terrible idea. Bitcoin is much too volatile to be used as a retirement investment. Don't get me wrong, I love Bitcoin. But it's not the right vehicle for a retirement account.