Quote from: Csmiami on Today at 09:09:56 AM

Quote from: davemichaelson on Today at 05:53:24 AM

It still sounds like this is something that happens regularly; we don't know why it happens; it's possible that the company is negligent or worse; but we just assume it's user error and we're ok with that.

That's because in 99.9% of the cases, it is. If we were talking about the electrum wallet, would someone think about going after the developers for losing the coins? I don't think so. Blockchain.info/com has its problems, but that does not mean they are responsible for their users' actions. If there was enough evidence that they were doing something malicious, then I'm pretty sure we'd all go against them.

However, most claims one sees around are the same than for desktop/phone wallets, so it's in most cases a new crypto user that thinks that because there's a website offering a service, the website is reponsible for security.

PS: why do you write all your posts in italics?

Cuz I think it makes them easier to read.

And I'd say my point is that the Websites ARE responsible here. Then can prove they fulfilled their duty of care re your wealth, but in many cases it sounds like they haven't.

Anyway, as noted at the top - I'm a noob. A lot of things are changing as we transition to blockchain, and I keep wondering about responsibility - of wallet devs, of hosts, of oracles who give bad info, etc.