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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
Biodom
on 17/11/2022, 21:21:57 UTC
... not everyone will be able to safely self custody the way things work now. I hear the phrase "Anyone can write down 12 words" a lot nowadays.  
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This is going to be a massive problem.
When people hear the word 'wallet', they assume that it is like regular wallet (with their cash in bitcoin form inside).
The fact that anyone can reproduce 'your" wallet with 12 words does not appear as obvious to many.
I have seen dozens of posts lamenting the lost of the physical ledger (while words were intact) and vice versa (lost words and now reset the ledger by putting wrong pin code 4 times-oops).

Maybe they should have called it a "key pen" or "personal signer", but definitely not a "wallet".