::///::: Selling the coin to someone you have not met and the person paying money to someone he too has not met in trust is another dimension of trust. In all Bitcoin is built on trust though ,there are those that will want to cheat.
Well... it's 2025, so are you still having doubts? Sometimes we can be confused, thinking certain issues are still around when they've actually been left behind. Fortunately, there are
twomany types of trust in Bitcoin:
(e.g.) the one the community places in Bitcoin by relying on its principles and, therefore, its technology. That trust is Bitcoin's greatest value.
The other type of trust, a purely P2P one, was surpassed years ago.